Thousands of small satellites are being launched into the “lower orbit” of space, just above the stratosphere, by companies like SpaceX, OneWeb, Amazon’s proposed Project Kuiper and more ...

Jane Burston, CEO of the Clean Air Fund, discusses the launch of their new roadmap on tropospheric ozone – out today as part ...

At multiple sites worldwide, the launch industry projects impressive levels of future growth. ... We found that with about 2,000 launches worldwide each year, the ozone layer thins by up to 3%.

The successful global effort to protect the ozone layer should serve as a beacon of hope for all of us. It is one of humanity’s greatest environmental achievements, showing what we can achieve ...

Blue Origin’s Project Kuiper also plans to send 3,000 satellites to space, ... The oxides don’t react chemically with the molecules of the ozone layer; ...

The healing of the ozone layer must be carefully monitored to ensure we have no setbacks. For example, a global geoengineering project has been proposed to reduce global warming.

The movement to repair the hole in the ozone layer – which began in the early 1970s and continued for over 20 years – is considered one of the most successful environmental initiatives ever.

Re-entry risks The rapid roll-out of satellite mega-constellations such as Starlink (photographed here over Carson National Forest, New Mexico) could pose a threat to Earth’s protective ozone layer.

A ten-fold increase in annual rocket launches, reaching about 2,000 per year, would slow ozone layer recovery and thin it by up to 3%, with the greatest losses over Antarctica.