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Satellite megaconstellations continue to grow. Could their debris fall on us?
The study recommends designing constellations with fewer, higher capacity, higher quality satellites with longer operational lives to reduce the risk to people on the ground and any damage to the atmosphere, and suggests that states and national regulators require independent verification of claims of full 'demisability' and evaluate collective casualty risks from entire constellations.