A GIANT UNCONTROLLED EXPERIMENT IN ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY

Space Weather News for April 28, 2026
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It’s only April, but satellite re-entries this year have already added more than 5 metric tons of aluminum oxide to Earth’s upper atmosphere. SpaceX is the primary contributor, but their competitors are catching up in this unprecedented planetary-scale chemistry experiment. Full story @ Spaceweather.com.


Above: A histogram of annual Starlink reentry totals

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