🛰🛰🛰🛰 8 years ago, there were roughly 1,300 functioning satellites in orbit. Today, that number is estimated at 7,500 & rising. 🛰🛰🛰🛰🛰🛰🛰🛰🛰🛰🛰🛰🛰🛰🛰🛰🛰🛰 Read more about how the Satellite boom is changing our skies ⬇
Space is vast. But are certain parts of space in danger of becoming overcrowded with Internet satellites and cosmic junk?
Worries center on the increased risk of collisions that create debris fields capable of taking out nearby satellites; bright reflections that harm scientific astronomy and change the night sky; atmospheric pollution from thousands of deorbiting satellites burning up every few years; and radio signal interference that blocks access for rival satellite outfits, including sovereign nations.All this is known as carrying capacity.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has pending applications for more than 60,000 new satellites.These new satellites aim to enter orbits that already have debris circling at 17,000 mph. The European Space Agency says more than 36,000 objects with a diameter the size of a grapefruit or larger are orbiting Earth. They’re joined by 1 million fast-moving particles that range in size between a pea and a grapefruit. And there are some 130 million objects smaller than a pea.
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