An artist’s impression of a Starlink satellite in orbit Michal Bednarek/Shutterstock
A fragment of an out-of-control SpaceX Starlink satellite smashed into a farm in Canada last year, 最新麻豆视频 can reveal 鈥 raising questions about the risks of de-orbiting space junk.
鈥淭hat鈥檒l punch a hole in whatever it lands on, including your head,鈥 says , an astronomer at the University of Regina in Canada.
Last July, SpaceX launched a batch of its internet-providing Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket, but a malfunction with the rocket鈥檚 upper…