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By 2035, falling satellites will kill or injure someone every two years, says FAA
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this post was submitted on 16 Oct 2023
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The people that put sats up have to calculate how every component will burn up in the atmosphere before they even get approval. Simply put, there's basically no chance of anyone dying from these things reentering the atmosphere.