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Spacecraft Regularly Burn Up in the Atmosphere - is This Causing Harm?
February 20, 2025
OLD ELVET, England, Feb. 20 -- Durham University issued the following news:

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Spacecraft regularly burn up in the atmosphere - is this causing harm?

What happens to our satellites at the end of their working lives?

Thousands of satellites orbit the Earth at any given time. These spacecraft are constantly being taken out of commission to reduce space debris. Some fall to the Earth, where they land in the 'spacecraft cemetery' in t . . .

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