Plasma Tunnels Reveal How Dying Satellites Really Fall to Earth
Plasma Tunnels Reveal How Dying Satellites Really Fall to Earth
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Aluminum ash from satellites’ reentry may alter the atmosphere
22 Jul 2026
6 min read
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.
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