The Cool Down (18 June 2026)

​Satellite boom could crowd the night sky, pollute the atmosphere, and alter climate, scientists warn

​What alarms researchers most is the sheer scale. More than 15,000 satellites, active and inactive, are already circling Earth, and the proposed additions would mean thousands of launches and re-entries every year.

That concern has already been raised with regulators. In comments submitted to the FCC, the Center for Space Environmentalism called the proposals "a massive industrialization of orbit that poses severe collision risks."

Astronomer John Barentine warned, "We are teetering on the precipice of how the uses of space are changing, and that threatens our ability to use space."

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