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As Skies Fill With Space Junk, Nonprofit Urges US to Pause StarLink Launches


Elon Musk’s StarLink has helped bring the internet to hard-to-reach places, but the company’s satellites eventually become dangerous space junk. And the consequences are raining down on us.

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