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The number of satellites going up a year has quintupled in 5 years, to 2,857 (2024). There's already a lot of stuff in low-Earth orbit. At the end of their 5y lives, satellites drop into the atmosphere and burn up into nothing*.

May 2, 2025, 5:49 PM

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