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"A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded on its launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday night. The rocket erupted in a giant fire ball as the engines appeared to be igniting for a pre-launch test known as a static fire."
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"Drag can be useful when it pulls dead hardware out of orbit. It can also be costly when it forces working satellites to spend more propellant maintaining altitude. In a mega-constellation era, [it] can act as both a cleanup mechanism and an operational stress test."
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"Beginning in 2022, China launched 64 rockets and last year reached a record total of 93. However there is an issue with these launches, as China appears to be ignoring long-established norms about disposing of the upper stages of rockets."
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#SpaceEnvironment
"The night sky is a powerful unifying force. By reflecting on our responsibility in these conflicts, being honest with ourselves about the true motivations of companies, we have a much better chance of preserving the night sky for future generations."
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"At the 2026 European Geosciences Union held May 3-8 in Vienna, Austria, panelists raised questions about the atmospheric impacts of spacecraft launches and re-entries, along with research and policy priorities to promote environmental sustainability for space."
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"The foundation of global space law that has governed human activity outside Earth for nearly six decades may be approaching a breaking point, according to a new analysis by two astronomers."
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"Several scientific bodies now advise on policy in different areas of space sustainability. But no single body exists to provide comprehensive policy input to governments. We urgently need an intergovernmental panel on space sustainability (IPSS)."
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"'The space industry pollution is like a small-scale, unregulated geoengineering experiment that could have many unintended and serious environmental consequences.'"
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#Satellites #SpaceEnvironment #Climate
"Missing data is a problem for scientists trying to explain the Earth's climate to politicians and business leaders who make decisions on what to do about climate change. 'Things will get worse before they get better,' said the NASA scientists in [a] 2018 report."
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On Tuesday, the academies of sciences from the G7 countries met in Paris. Among the resulting declarations: ‘Large Satellite Constellations: Perspectives and Challenges’. It calls for establishing an @itu.int-like org to govern space as a common good.
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Researchers call for regulations to protect low Earth orbit environment
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Solar Cycle 25 has already reached its solar maximum period, and a new long-term study of orbital debris points to a practical warning for the satellite age: once sunspot numbers climb past roughly tw...
