SpaceX Starlink and Other Satellite Megaconstellations Are Creating an 'Unregulated Geoengineering Experiment', Scientists Say

SpaceX Starlink and other satellite megaconstellations are creating an 'unregulated geoengineering experiment', scientists say

The space industry's plans to launch millions of satellites worry scientists as the rise in high-altitude air pollution threatens to alter Earth's climate.

Satellite pollution could soon become a major climate threat

Scientists warn pollution from satellite launches and falling space debris could have growing effects on Earth’s atmosphere and climate.

Starlink and Satellite Megaconstellations Accused of Creating an Unregulated Climate Experiment

A new study is drawing a sharper line between the booming satellite economy and the atmosphere above it: the same launch wave powering Starlink missions is also pumping soot, metal oxides, and ozone-depleting chemistry into the upper air. And so far, nothing is regulating that. Besides the finding that, collectively, satellite launches