A paper recently released points to a brand-new satanic force, megaconstellations of satellites damaging the ionosphere– the ionised part of the upper atmosphere.
It was back in 1957 that the Sputnik, the first artificial satellite was put into orbit. A new method to satellite innovation has actually emerged, satellite constellations that consist of a group of satellites that work together to offer various services like GPS.
The Sputnik spacecraft stunned the world when it was introduced into orbit on Oct. 4th, 1954. Credit: NASA
Over the next couple of decades, its most likely that anything in between 500,00 and 1 million extra satellites will be put into orbit into giant megaconstellations, mainly to construct world broad internet connection. Unfortunately the nature of the satellites in megaconstellations is that they are non reusable, their orbits will slowly decay and the satellites ruined in the atmosphere creating a layer of conductive particles. They are naturally replaced to keep the system running but its the remains of the damaged satellites which is the issue and the focus of the paper by S. Solter-Hunt..
The paper reveals that the total mass of the particles in the upper levels of the atmosphere as an outcome of satellite re-entry from megaconstellations is often times that mass of the Van Allen Belts. The belts are torus shaped areas of charged particles which are believed to stem from the solar wind. The wind takes a trip to Earth at several hundred kilometres per 2nd and on arrival are recorded by the magnetosphere (the region around Earth controlled by the magnetic field) and held in place..
The Van Allen radiation belts surrounding Earth. Image: NASA.
The estimated mass of the Van Allen Belts is 0.00018 kilograms yet the mass of one Starlink satellite is 1250 kilograms!
The mathematics is rather horrific. Every second, the area market will be including approximately 2,000 times more conductive material into the ionosphere than exists in the entire mass of the Van Allen Belts. The shear scale of the deposition into the ionosphere likely to irritate the magnetosphere and develop an international band of plasma with as yet, untold impacts.
Source: Potential Perturbation of the Ionosphere by Megaconstellations and Corresponding Artificial Re-entry Plasma Dust.
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A new technique to satellite innovation has actually emerged, satellite constellations that consist of a group of satellites that work together to offer numerous services like GPS. The nature of the satellites in megaconstellations is that they are disposable, their orbits will slowly decay and the satellites damaged in the environment creating a layer of conductive particles. The paper reveals that the general mass of the particles in the upper levels of the atmosphere as an outcome of satellite re-entry from megaconstellations is lots of times that mass of the Van Allen Belts.
Barely a day passes where a story strikes the headlines about our abuse of the Earths valuable environment be that the environment or the oceans, forests or desert. When it comes to the atmosphere we all tend to immediately turn our attention to contamination, to gasses being released and disturbing the delicate balance. A paper just recently released points to a new satanic force, megaconstellations of satellites harming the ionosphere– the ionised part of the upper environment.
