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SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites 'leak' so much radiation that it's hurting radio astronomy, scientists say(www.space.com)

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You also have to think about the end of life of every one of those satellites, they all get burned. All those solar panels, batteries, carbon, resin et al get chucked in a bonfire in the upper atmosphere at the end of the day.

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