14 Jun 2024

Study suggests Starlink satellites could make holes in ozone

From Midday Report, 12:45 pm on 14 June 2024

A new study suggests Elon Musk's Starlink satellites could make a hole in the ozone worse. When satellites fall back towards earth, burning up in the atmosphere, they release aluminium oxide nanoparticles which are bad for ozone. About three quarters of satellites in low earth orbit are Starlink satellites, and that will only increase with the numbers possibly rising from 6000 satellites to 42,000 in comping years.