SpaceX Just Launched the First 60 Satellites for Starlink. What About Space Junk?

On Thursday, May 23rd, 2019, SpaceX launched one of its most important payloads in the history of the company - 60 satellites that will begin the constellation of their Starlink internet satellite system. Starlink satellites spotted https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytUygPqjXEc Audio Podcast version: ITunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/universe-today-guide-to-space-audio/id794058155?mt=2 RSS: https://www.universetoday.com/audio What Fraser s Watching Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmkjd428BcHcCEVWOjv7cJ1G Weekly email newsletter: https://www.universetoday.com/newsletter Support us at: http://www.patreon.com/universetoday More stories at: http://www.universetoday.com/ Twitch: https://twitch.tv/fcain Follow us on Twitter: @universetoday Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/universetoday Instagram - http://instagram.com/universetoday Team: Fraser Cain - @fcain / frasercain@gmail.com Karla Thompson - @karlaii / https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEItkORQYd4Wf0TpgYI_1fw Chad Weber - weber.chad@gmail.com References: https://www.starlink.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riBaVeDTEWI https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1131782173785116672 https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19920022657.pdf https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition26/iss_altitude.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhBw5yaR_SU https://www.statista.com/statistics/268628/worldwide-revenue-from-telecommunications-services-since-2005/