SpaceX’s Satellites Are Falling From the Sky Every Single Day

SpaceX’s Satellites Are Falling From the Sky Every Single Day

If Starlink continues scaling up operations, there could be as many as five of these satellites raining down on us daily.

Starlink constellations are adding to the swarm of space junk in low-Earth orbit. While the SpaceX answer to affordable worldwide internet may not be the worst threat, one to two of their 8,000 satellites are already falling back to Earth every single day.

Other companies, such as Amazon and Kuiper, and Chinese systems, will collectively add more than 50,000 satellites to the orbit.

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s... probably a hunk of trash metal from yet another de-orbited Starlink satellite burning up in the atmosphere.

Author’s summary: SpaceX satellites are falling daily.

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Popular Mechanics Popular Mechanics — 2025-10-13

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