 This debris, along with others, remains in orbit. We also have another interesting story at airport. How do rocket launches affect the ionosphere? Well, recently, with all the major space launches like SpaceX, et cetera, we find out that these rocket launches are punching temporarily holes, George, in the Earth's ionosphere, causing maybe some potential harm to this important protective layer of the atmosphere. The ionosphere is located some 40 to 200 miles above the Earth,