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The South Atlantic Anomaly causes satellite memory errors, single-event upsets, and accelerated solar array degradation on every LEO orbit. Here's what it is, why it's expanding, and how operators cope.
Over 36,000 tracked objects orbit Earth at speeds that make a centimetre of debris as lethal as a hand grenade. Donald Kessler's 1978 cascade model, the current LEO situation, and why remediation may already be urgent.
How does the thermosphere affect LEO satellites? From atmospheric drag to GNSS disruption — and the 2022 Starlink incident that made the stakes impossible to ignore.