Plasma Tunnels Reveal How Dying Satellites Really Fall to Earth
Aluminum ash from satellites’ reentry may alter the atmosphere
Aluminum ash from satellites’ reentry may alter the atmosphere
Tereza Pultarova is a London-based journalist specializing in aerospace and defense technologies.
Researchers in Germany are simulating in the lab a satellite’s reentry into the atmosphere—revealing new dangers posed by many more reentries to come from today’s growing fleets of satellite constellations.