{"id":548083,"date":"2026-07-28T15:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T15:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/548083\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T15:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T15:59:08","slug":"spacex-plan-to-launch-1-million-data-center-satellites-could-turn-atmosphere-into-a-fire-pit-scientists-say-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/548083\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX plan to launch 1 million data center satellites could turn atmosphere into a \u2018fire pit,\u2019 scientists say &#8211; NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirAFBVV95cUxNSjZac1ZLS21WdWNIWjlIcEpWWDhza0lZcXJOZ2F0YWh2OGZZOTFJZWwxNllwbzBHaGJ3Z3JHeEpzN1VacEtMRF9RWHVDbEN3YzVhTjNBTkRHenloSHNXd3p1NkVtdUhTSWFkbFNrZVl2VS1UQXByUHdvN3JUNmJjX0dmaDlJZkxuTThRSnlvN2VfMVV2eG41UDBVU3VlZ0E2RXRmYzlsMVdKcTRp?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SpaceX plan to launch 1 million data center satellites could turn atmosphere into a \u2018fire pit,\u2019 scientists say<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NBC News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxQZGFwa0xjejd0QVNLanNCUTVtbXNIRjFCaExGWXBHeHd3RUIzYnhCUnVhS3dBcUE0SVVGdlZ0cTN1V3lQaGszS19QRmFkckVLck5DREMwVWxDVG53cUNLcGFlMmhOUDY1NGZVREtMNmlJNnFzeEtjcTZrTG9hZDZqUkt2RGt4TTdNM0puUHdnaWVDd2lCRXVz?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Type of Orbital Data Centers That Billionaires Want to Launch Into Space Would Wreak Ecological Catastrophe, Scientists Warn<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Futurism<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi8gFBVV95cUxQbWtOdGtzeHVmT2V1LTlmS0lseV9ZSlVuQy10Y1pFV25aUzA1ckpXOU9tNy1YZnYtT1J3dlhTcV8xel9NX2QyZjEwWVBRTWQwUXhnclZFRXREVnVYcmJnVTlMcnU5MHFSWGNiWVpmV3d6dzg1dS1GdEtPeVNUbURnbTFtVUlhN01kaVhSN3Q5VHFaWUdJLU8wc2hGQ183VElRM2EwaDhBTFJzVF9tVGJvcEJkS3pYT0VuOTNuUjduNEtOQl9Vbmo2bjMxTFBjdmhmcU13cjFpdXhvanZUZUU0bmFQZFdvTWp5azJsTG9mUExYQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">EXCLUSIVE: Elon Musk&#8217;s Space Data Center Plans Are Far From &#8216;Dumb,&#8217; Says Gates-Backed Chip Founder<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Benzinga<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxPZUliTHB6bHUzSFBaRzlSTmZiYjgwNk1FcGtTMEhlUG5oT1BjUW1sbjRIU1Z2ZFhQMGhYMW1hSnNkdjN6TS02ald4MEhySEFhRXJwa3JqSlM3dFpfMGxtN0JYaE1aN1NkY1VhVGVpdTdPMEhNaGI2M19sazhFUm9MN1l0V0hIaU9pNzRR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Space datacenters proposed by Musk and Bezos \u2018catastrophic\u2019 for planet, experts warn<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizAFBVV95cUxPODFlOXlSNnpwdG1GaGFMT3NMS1Z5UEdZTXhIeWJwUzI2OVZTdFdvakZCT3ZHT2R1V0VlQkVXMlBxODBMNTNLQ1BjbUpKc2VhOXppZ2Q4cVFnRDBGQUJicDF3N1JjRDVqZVFkRXpVTDB4cWFhVGpaZHpacVRJT3RybHR4TkoyTGhmTjUxX1laTldsdnJUM01QTHVwVVBhWGZURDFqNlJFNmRULU12QXp2WFRCWnhiWE5TSEhOczJEWmkwYW5DTTc4RjNVOUs?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">An artificial &#8216;Saturn&#8217;s ring&#8217; of satellites could soon fill the sky, astronomers warn<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Space<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SpaceX plan to launch 1 million data center satellites could turn atmosphere into a \u2018fire pit,\u2019 scientists say&nbsp;&nbsp;NBC&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":548084,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[111,139,69,147,392],"class_list":["post-548083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/548084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}