SpaceX Triggered a Lithium Plume in the Atmosphere, Study Confirms

The study highlights how letting rocket debris burn up in the atmosphere is not a consequence-free approach to orbital ...

Study: Frequent rocket re-entries might harm atmosphere

Frequent deployment of satellites and re-entries by the rockets that deploy them might pose a risk to the Earth's upper ...
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Study warns frequent rocket re-entries may be quietly shredding our atmosphere

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket burned up during an uncontrolled re-entry and left behind a detectable plume of chemical pollution in the upper atmosphere, adding fresh evidence to a growing body of research ...

Study Confirms: Reentering SpaceX Rockets Are Peppering the Upper Atmosphere With Metal Pollution

The recent study focuses on the amount of lithium left behind from a single rocket reentry. Previous studies have already shown that lithium, aluminum, copper, and lead left behind from the reentry of ...
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Rocket re-entry pollution measured in atmosphere for first time

When part of a SpaceX rocket re-entered Earth's atmosphere exactly a year ago, it created a spectacuglar fireball that ...