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2023-10-15 17:38:09 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

The claim from The Sun is an oversimplification based on a report by the research group The Aerospace Corporation That report is being criticized for a number of technical and methodological mistakes SpaceX states the satellites are built to fully demise during reentry https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/10/world/spacex-starlink-report-faa-congress-scn/index.html https://orbit.ing-now.com/reentry/ https://spectrum.ieee.org/spacex-claims-to-have-redesigned-its-starlink-satellites-to-eliminate-casualty-risks

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• The claim from The Sun is an oversimplification based on a report by the research group The Aerospace Corporation That report is being criticized for a number of technical and methodological mistakes SpaceX states the satellites are built to fully demise during reentry https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/10/world/spacex-starlink-report-faa-congress-scn/index.html https://orbit.ing-now.com/reentry/ https://spectrum.ieee.org/spacex-claims-to-have-redesigned-its-starlink-satellites-to-eliminate-casualty-risks