Climate change, often associated with its effects on Earth, could well impact the space near our planet. A recent study ...
MIT aerospace engineers have found that greenhouse gas emissions are changing the environment of near-Earth space in ways ...
Greenhouse gas emissions could reduce drag in the upper atmosphere, leaving more space debris in orbit and making satellites ...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 21 Starlink internet satellites, 13 of which have direct-to-cell capability, to orbit on ...
Space junk is a "persistent hazard," scientists say. Climate change could threaten the future use of satellites and significantly reduce the number of spacecraft that can safety orbit Earth ...
Now, we have determined how many satellites will fit into low Earth orbit in 2100. Due to greenhouse gas emissions, the area of the Earth's orbit that is most popular with satellite operators ...
By the year 2100, the “satellite carrying capacity” of the most popular low-orbit regions could decline by 50 to 66 percent due to the impacts of these emissions, according to the study ...
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MIT researchers calculated that as global warming caused by burning of coal, oil, gas continues it may reduce the available space for satellites in low Earth orbit by anywhere from one-third to 82 ...