A new space race could turn our atmosphere into a ‘crematorium for satellites’
Last month, SpaceX applied … for permission to launch one million more satellites for untested “AI data centres”.
sheer number isn’t the only issue. SpaceX’s … planned V3 satellites are … comparable in scale to a Boeing 737 …
Rocket launches already contribute to climate change and ozone depletion. Scaling them up to deploy a million aircraft-sized satellites would push upper-atmosphere heating and ozone loss far beyond previous estimates, with the steady burn-up of dead satellites compounding the impacts.