One or two Starlink satellites burn up every day in the Earth's atmosphere

Starlink satellites, launched by SpaceX, are reportedly burning up every day in the Earth’s atmosphere.

In a bid to provide the world with remote internet access, SpaceX’s Starlink Satellites have already proven to be quite effective.

The on-the-go dishes give internet access to people up mountains, down in the canyons, or in the middle of the ocean.

However, new reports suggest that the sun is killing off Starlink satellites and they’re falling out of the sky every day.

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Starlink Satellites are plummeting every day

There are approximately 8,400 Starlink satellites in the atmosphere at any given moment, offering the groundbreaking direct-to-cell connection.

They even captured images of the universe’s wonderful occurrences.

However, as per a report from EarthSky, Starlink satellites are literally falling from the sky.

Harvard astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell has been tracking fiery trails across the sky for months, and it turns out that at least one of these satellites is falling out of the sky daily.

He claims that the sun is burning them out, and that they are falling out of orbit, either towards Earth as a fiery cloud of dust, or into the wider atmosphere.

These ‘reentries’ are well documented on social media, with many falling over the US and Canada.

However, they are being replaced.

Expert claims there will be over 50,000 satellites in 2030, with five falling every day

SpaceX already has stern competition in the low-Earth orbit space, so much so that astrophysicists are predicting that space traffic could soon be a huge issue.

By 2030, McDowell told EarthSky that there could be around 50,000 low-Earth orbiting satellites.

But with more space probes, there will also be more stations that fall out of the sky, which he predicts would be around five a day.

“With all constellations deployed, we expect about 30,000 low-Earth orbit satellites and perhaps another 20,000 satellites at 1,000km [620 miles] from the Chinese systems,” he said.

“For the low-orbit satellites, we expect a five-year replacement cycle, and that translates to five reentries a day.”

The ‘Kessler syndrome’, or the potential to have low-Earth orbit collisions due to overcrowding, has now become a real fear, due to the likes of the Starlink satellites burning out.

SpaceX is continuing its massive effort to explore space, having launched its Falcon 9 rocket for the 450th time in August, which serves as a transport vehicle for these kinds of satellites.

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