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Nov 14, 2021 · In total, there were around 7,500 satellites in LEO as of September 2021, according to the United Nations' Outer Space Objects Index.
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Jun 11, 2024 · As of today, June 11, there are 11,780 satellites orbiting our planet according to the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA). Most of them are functioning and in low-Earth...
Feb 27, 2023 · So how many more satellites can Earth orbit safely hold? The answer to this question is not straightforward. Lewis says that certain orbital altitudes are more vulnerable than others.
Sep 17, 2021 · By 2020, 114 launches carried around 1,300 satellites to space, surpassing the 1,000 new satellites per year mark for the first time. But no year in the past compares to 2021.
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Sep 22, 2021 · By 2020, 114 launches carried around 1,300 satellites to space, surpassing the 1,000 new satellites per year mark for the first time. But no year in the past compares to 2021. As of Sept. 16,...
Apr 20, 2023 · According to UNOOSA records, there are 8,261 satellites orbiting the Earth as on January 2022, out of which only 4,852 satellites are active (as at the end of December 2021), confirmed by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), who maintains the record of the operational satellites.
May 4, 2023 · As of May the 4th, 2024 (be with you), the satellite tracking website “Orbiting Now” lists 9,900 active satellites in various Earth orbits. A deeper dive into numbers of satellite that are in space reveals how small satellites have come to dominate low Earth orbit.
