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Space Waste and Debris with Atmospheric Re-entry: Impacts to Ozone, Radiation Balance, Kessler Syndrome…
I chat about space debris, and how space waste from reentry in the upper atmosphere can have all kinds of detrimental environmental effects, including worsening climate change. Not to mention the ever increasing risks of triggering the Kessler Syndrome and shutting off human access of any kind to space for many decades to even a century.
This is a very important video for people to understand... I cannot overemphasize this...
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References and Links:
Peer-reviewed scientific paper in journal Advances in Space Research:
Space waste: An update of the anthropogenic matter injection into Earth’s atmosphere
Link to open source (free) paper:
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0273117726003509?via%3Dihub
Abstract
Large satellite constellations are one of the main reasons for an increasing amount of mass being brought into low Earth orbit in recent years. After end of life, the satellites, as well as rocket stages, reenter Earth’s atmosphere. This space waste burns up in the atmosphere and thus injects a substantial amount of its matter into the mesosphere and lower thermosphere. A first comprehensive analysis of the anthropogenic injection and a comparison to the natural injection by meteoroids was presented by Schulz and Glassmeier (2021, Advances in Space Research, 67 (3), 1002–1025). They found significant and even the dominant injection of several metal elements regularly used in spacecraft compared to the natural injection. The first observations of space waste remnants in stratospheric aerosol particles (Murphy et al., 2023, PNAS, Vol. 120, No. 43, e2313374120) confirmed several of these estimates, but also revealed differences and new insights: in particular, a much more extensive range of elements. These inventories and observations raise questions of possible environmental effects, especially on the stratospheric ozone layer (Mitchell et al., 2024, Understanding the Atmospheric Effects from Spacecraft Re-entry, ESA, Whitepaper). The current study presents an update to the space waste injection estimates of Schulz and Glassmeier (2021), assessing the years from 2015 to 2025 using available reentry databases but also considering future mass influx scenarios. Combining mass influx data with detailed estimates of average satellite and rocket stage composition as well as ablation factors
allows the estimation of the mass injection of 43 elements and thus a much more detailed comparison to the meteoric injection. Comparison of estimated elemental fluxes to stratospheric aerosol data shows excellent agreement. In general, from 2020 onward, a strong rise
in space waste mass influx to the atmosphere can be seen, which has led to more than double the atmospheric injected mass in 2024 compared to levels from 2015 to 2020. Future scenarios discussed by Schulz and Glassmeier (2021) may already be reached by the end of
2025. In 2024, 24 elements were dominating the meteoric injection compared to 18 in 2015, this might increase to 30 in the future. Several of them are transition metals, which are known for their catalytic activity. This indicates a substantial risk of long-term adverse effects on the atmosphere such as ozone depletion, radiative effects and changes in cloud formation, if no action is taken. Research is urgently needed into the atmospheric accumulation, chemistry, and general atmospheric effects of specific elements.
Wikipedia page on Kessler Syndrome (absolutely vital information for you to know, no kidding, especially in view of the SpaceX IPO launch on Friday June 12th, 2026)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome
Kessler Syndrome original paper: THE KESSLER SYNDROME: IMPLICATIONS TO FUTURE SPACE
OPERATIONS, Donald J. Kessler, Nicholas L. Johnson, J.-C. Liou, and Mark Matney
Link to paper:
aquarid.physics.uwo.ca/kessler/Kessler%20Syndrome-AAS%20Paper.pdf
SpaceX IPO document on their plans, for listing on NASDAQ. Lots of information on their plans to greatly ramp up satellite and space operations:
sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026036936/spaceexplorationtechnologi.htm
Please donate to PaulBeckwith.net to support my research and videos connecting the dots on abrupt climate system mayhem.
GoFundMe: gofundme.com/f/help-paul-continue-his-climate-emergency-research
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Space Waste and Debris with Atmospheric Re-entry: Impacts to Ozone, Radiation Balance, Kessler Syndrome…
I chat about space debris, and how space waste from reentry in the upper atmosphere can have all kinds of detrimental environmental effects, including worsening climate change. Not to mention the ever increasing risks of triggering the Kessler Syndrome and shutting off human access of any kind to space for many decades to even a century.
This is a very important video for people to understand... I cannot overemphasize this...
Please donate to PaulBeckwith.net to support my research and videos connecting the dots on abrupt climate system mayhem.
GoFundMe: gofundme.com/f/help-paul-continue-his-climate-emergency-research
References and Links:
Peer-reviewed scientific paper in journal Advances in Space Research:
Space waste: An update of the anthropogenic matter injection into Earth’s atmosphere
Link to open source (free) paper:
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0273117726003509?via%3Dihub
Abstract
Large satellite constellations are one of the main reasons for an increasing amount of mass being brought into low Earth orbit in recent years. After end of life, the satellites, as well as rocket stages, reenter Earth’s atmosphere. This space waste burns up in the atmosphere and thus injects a substantial amount of its matter into the mesosphere and lower thermosphere. A first comprehensive analysis of the anthropogenic injection and a comparison to the natural injection by meteoroids was presented by Schulz and Glassmeier (2021, Advances in Space Research, 67 (3), 1002–1025). They found significant and even the dominant injection of several metal elements regularly used in spacecraft compared to the natural injection. The first observations of space waste remnants in stratospheric aerosol particles (Murphy et al., 2023, PNAS, Vol. 120, No. 43, e2313374120) confirmed several of these estimates, but also revealed differences and new insights: in particular, a much more extensive range of elements. These inventories and observations raise questions of possible environmental effects, especially on the stratospheric ozone layer (Mitchell et al., 2024, Understanding the Atmospheric Effects from Spacecraft Re-entry, ESA, Whitepaper). The current study presents an update to the space waste injection estimates of Schulz and Glassmeier (2021), assessing the years from 2015 to 2025 using available reentry databases but also considering future mass influx scenarios. Combining mass influx data with detailed estimates of average satellite and rocket stage composition as well as ablation factors
allows the estimation of the mass injection of 43 elements and thus a much more detailed comparison to the meteoric injection. Comparison of estimated elemental fluxes to stratospheric aerosol data shows excellent agreement. In general, from 2020 onward, a strong rise
in space waste mass influx to the atmosphere can be seen, which has led to more than double the atmospheric injected mass in 2024 compared to levels from 2015 to 2020. Future scenarios discussed by Schulz and Glassmeier (2021) may already be reached by the end of
2025. In 2024, 24 elements were dominating the meteoric injection compared to 18 in 2015, this might increase to 30 in the future. Several of them are transition metals, which are known for their catalytic activity. This indicates a substantial risk of long-term adverse effects on the atmosphere such as ozone depletion, radiative effects and changes in cloud formation, if no action is taken. Research is urgently needed into the atmospheric accumulation, chemistry, and general atmospheric effects of specific elements.
Wikipedia page on Kessler Syndrome (absolutely vital information for you to know, no kidding, especially in view of the SpaceX IPO launch on Friday June 12th, 2026)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome
Kessler Syndrome original paper: THE KESSLER SYNDROME: IMPLICATIONS TO FUTURE SPACE
OPERATIONS, Donald J. Kessler, Nicholas L. Johnson, J.-C. Liou, and Mark Matney
Link to paper:
aquarid.physics.uwo.ca/kessler/Kessler%20Syndrome-AAS%20Paper.pdf
SpaceX IPO document on their plans, for listing on NASDAQ. Lots of information on their plans to greatly ramp up satellite and space operations:
sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026036936/spaceexplorationtechnologi.htm
Please donate to PaulBeckwith.net to support my research and videos connecting the dots on abrupt climate system mayhem.
GoFundMe: gofundme.com/f/help-paul-continue-his-climate-emergency-research
Please subscribe to my YouTube channel. As well as my website, and YouTube, you can find me on Patreon, Facebook, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Instagram, Reddit (multiple climate channels within), Quora, TikTok, Discord, Mastodon, Twitch, Vimeo, Bluesky, TruthSocial, Threads, Substack, Tumblr, Pinterest, etc...
