Satellite pollution

Ten years ago, there were about 1,200 satellites in orbit around the earth. Now there are about 12,000 and the numbers are growing rapidly. Starlink alone has 9,000 satellites in its communications swarm and may in a few years have as many as 42,000. By 2040, there may be more than 100,000 active satellites circling Earth. People worry about the physical dangers of collisions between satellites and the possibility of space debris raining down on Earth or crashing into airplanes, but there is also the alarming increase of satellite-generated pollution. More

(Source: WAMC - Dec 25)