SpaceX has asked the u.s. federal aviation administration (faa) to correct a report warning that components from reentering starlink constellation satellites could injure or even kill people on the ground.
The FAA, a regulatory body that licenses the launch of satellites, issued a report, called “Risk Associated with Reentry Disposal of Satellites from Proposed Large Constellations in Low Earth Orbit,” on Oct. 5.
The report stated that SpaceX‘s Starlink satellites will account for 85% of the risk to people on the ground and aviation from reentering space junk by the middle of the next decade.
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