According to Mariusz Slonina, who heads space situational awareness operations for the Polish Space Agency, around one metric ton of space debris re-enters Earth's atmosphere every week.
The amount of space junk falling back to Earth is increasing as more rockets and satellites are launched into orbit. While most debris burns up in the atmosphere or falls into the ocean, large object… [+2775 chars]
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