An artist’s impression of a Starlink satellite in orbit
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A fraction of an out-of-control SpaceX Starlink satellite smashed into a farm in Canada final yr, New Scientist can reveal – elevating questions concerning the dangers of de-orbiting house junk.
“That’ll punch a hole in whatever it lands on, including your head,” says Samantha Lawler, an astronomer on the University of Regina in Canada.
Last July, SpaceX launched a batch of its internet-providing Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket, however a malfunction with the rocket’s higher…