• rtxn@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      8 hours ago

      I don’t know about the ozone layer specifically, but reentry turns the satellite into danger dust – mostly metal oxides and burnt polymers. Ozone, being a very strong oxidizer, is the most likely to react with the hot debris, so it probably does damage the ozone layer, but I can’t quantify the damage, or the released pollutants.

    • Peppycito@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      8 hours ago

      When they say “burn up on reentry” they don’t mean disintegrate, they mean burn. It’s exactly like throwing thousands of home entertainment systems in a fire except that the pollution is in the upper atmosphere where normal pollution doesn’t reach.

      • MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        2 hours ago

        Perfectly Safe© until proven* otherwise!

        - every polluter ever

        *Hope you have good lawyers and deep pockets