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How Starlink and AI are Fueling the Space Junk Crisis

Feb 22, 2026
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Elon Musk's SpaceX just got approval from Trump's FCC to double the number of satellites it has in Low Earth Orbit, and to bring them closer to Earth than ever before. Here's what that means for the worsening space junk problem.