It’s benign. Just shy of 50 tons of random space debris burn up in the atmosphere a day from non-human sources. Four Star Link satellites weight just over a ton.
The earth is normally getting hit with roughly 200 satellites worth of material a day, and it’s not even noticable beyond the shooting stars.
Does all the burned gases fall back to earth?
Is vaporizing metal and raining or trapping it in the atmosphere benign?
It’s benign. Just shy of 50 tons of random space debris burn up in the atmosphere a day from non-human sources. Four Star Link satellites weight just over a ton.
The earth is normally getting hit with roughly 200 satellites worth of material a day, and it’s not even noticable beyond the shooting stars.