The Dark Side of the Starlink Dream: A Recipe for Orbital Waste Elon Musk's vision for a satellite megaconstellation has captivated the world with promises to revolutionize global communication and connectivity.
However, beneath this technological advancement lies a complex problem of orbital waste management.
SpaceX proposes launching 1 million satellites, with 200,000 decommissioned each year, raising alarms about the long term consequences of our increasingly spacefaring ambitions.