Elon Musk's 12,000 satellite Starlink 'train' looks amazing, but astronomers are concerned it could create a dangerous amount of debris

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• Last week SpaceX launched 60 Starlink telecommunication satellites — the first major launch of its ambitious fleet of up to 12,000 satellites.
• The number of satellites could add to the increasing amount of potentially harmful debris in the atmosphere.
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Last week SpaceX launched 60 Starlink telecommunication satellites — the first major launch of its ambitious fleet of up to 12,000 satellites, with the goal to eventually create ultra-fast internet services around the world.

The launch of the 227 kg (500 pound) satellites went off without a hitch, but a spectacular video of the 'train' of satellites above the Netherlands — taken by archaeologist and amateur astronomer Marco Langbroek — has sparked a discussion about the potential problems this Starlink fleet could cause in the night sky.

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