Considering [[space sustainability]] in regard to atmospheric impact of re-entry is by 2022 just developing<ref name="b448">{{cite journal | last=Miraux | first=Loïs | last2=Wilson | first2=Andrew Ross | last3=Dominguez Calabuig | first3=Guillermo J. | title=Environmental sustainability of future proposed space activities | journal=Acta Astronautica | publisher=Elsevier BV | volume=200 | year=2022 | issn=0094-5765 | doi=10.1016/j.actaastro.2022.07.034 | doi-access=free | pages=329–346}}</ref> and has been identified in 2024 as suffering from "atmosphere-blindness", causing global environmental injustice.<ref name="p583">{{cite journal | last=Flamm | first=Patrick | last2=Lambach | first2=Daniel | last3=Schaefer-Rolffs | first3=Urs | last4=Stolle | first4=Claudia | last5=Braun | first5=Vitali | title=Space sustainability through atmosphere pollution? De-orbiting, atmosphere-blindness and planetary environmental injustice | journal=The Anthropocene Review | publisher=SAGE Publications | date=6 June 2024 | issn=2053-0196 | doi=10.1177/20530196241255088 | doi-access=free | page=}}</ref> This is identified as a result of the current end-of life spacecraft management, which favors the [[station keeping]] practice of controlled re-entry.<ref name="p583"/> This is mainly done to prevent the dangers from uncontrolled atmospheric entries and [[space debris]].<ref name="p583"/>

 

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