By 2030, the world's largest radio telescope will be operational in remote Western Australia, but by then tens of thousands of satellites will be blanketing Earth's orbit with radio noise.
Amazon's Project Kuiper successfully deorbits its first two prototype satellites after validating key technologies, paving the way for global satellite broadband service.
Amazon: The test satellites will lower their orbital altitudes over the next several months from roughly 475 kilometers (295 miles) above Earth to 217 km, at which point the forces of Earth s atmosphere will naturally drag them into a fiery demise.
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