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Thousands of satellites will fall from space by 2030. Are we ready?
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4:58Now PlayingWith almost ten thousand Starlink satellites in orbit, Elon Musk's SpaceX leads in a new space race. But as more players race to launch satellite megaconstellations of their own, scientists are raising the alarm about the rising risks of having so many in orbit – and what happens when they plummet back to Earth. As Darius Mahdavi reports, the risk of a fatality from falling space debris has climbed dramatically, even as experts find new ways to track re-entries.
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