SpaceX 'WasteX' Starlink said to make up 60% of sats circling Earth
The US Public Interest Research Group , a federation of public interest advocacy groups, has asked the FCC to halt low Earth orbit satellite launches until the environmental consequences of space pollution can be better managed.in LEO after deploying 18 satellites for Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology group's Thousand Sails constellation. Reports suggest as many as 900 pieces of debris were scattered as a result of the disintegration.
"Over just five years Starlink has launched more than 6,000 units and now make up more than 60 percent of all satellites," said Lucas Gutterman, director of the US PIRG Education Fund's Designed to Last project, inWhat's more, Gutterman urges the FCC to end the environmental review exemption afforded to mega-constellations of satellites.
"There are more than 200 million pieces of trash currently in orbit that are capable of doing damage to an operational satellite if they hit it," she
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