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LaunchMay 18, 2026

SpaceX Starlink and other satellite megaconstellations are creating an 'unregulated geoengineering experiment', scientists say

SpaceX Starlink and other satellite megaconstellations are creating an 'unregulated geoengineering experiment', scientists say
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The space industry's plans to launch millions of satellites worry scientists as the rise in high-altitude air pollution threatens to alter Earth's climate.

"Black carbon from satellite launches has about 540 times bigger climate effect than black carbon released by ships, cars and power plants.

" Space industry aficionados have big plans.

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