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  "channel_handle": "r/artificial",
  "title": "SpaceX burned up 260 of its own satellites in 6 months and this is just routine apparently",
  "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/artificial/comments/1upbdoa/spacex_burned_up_260_of_its_own_satellites_in_6/",
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  "upload_date": "20260706",
  "published_at": "2026-07-06T21:49:31+00:00",
  "transcript": "Saw this in an article and it's been on my mind since  \n260 satellites intentionally burned in the atmosphere in 6 months and another 349 queued. They're planning 42,000 total eventually. No debris which is fine but researchers are asking what happens when you're burning hundreds of massive metal objects in the upper atmosphere repeatedly over years. Aluminum particles, potential atmospheric chemistry changes. Science is still catching up and the FCC is now proposing to exempt satellites from environmental review entirely  \nIdk,we're moving faster than we're studying this...anyone else find this a bit much?\n\n\n\n--- Top Comments ---\n\n\n[38 upvotes] About 100 tonnes of meteors and space dust burns up in the upper atmosphere every day.\n\n[17 upvotes] I read an article saying they may damage the ozone layer.  Here's a paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024GL109280\n\n[11 upvotes] You'll never believe what we used to (still) do with rocket boosters and the massive space shuttle main fuel tank.. and what we're planning to do with the entire international space station.",
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  "ingested_at": "2026-07-07T01:30:09.098343+00:00",
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    "author": "Neil_at_HackerEarth",
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