From December to May, SpaceX deorbited 472 Starlink satellites, according to a new filing with the Federal Communications Commission. This means the company deorbited about 2.6 satellites per day, a notable increase after having only deorbited 73 satellites in the previous six-month period. SpaceX's satellites are designed to orbit the Earth for five years before they’re retired and burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere. The large number of Starlink disposals raises questions about the potential impact. While Starlink satellites are designed to disintegrate as they burn up in the atmosphere, SpaceX in February revealed that small and mainly harmless debris fragments can continue flying toward Earth. Still, the company says the chance of its newest Starlink satellites causing human harm through falling debris is “less than 1 in 100 million” due to improved designs and ongoing changes to make the hardware fully disintegrate during reentry. Nevertheless, astronomers and scientists have be...