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About 15,000 Satellites Are Circling Earth — And They’re Disrupting the Sky

Learn more about the number of satellites circling Earth and the multiple ways they are changing the sky.
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Scientists warn that space is becoming too crowded to manage safely

Earth’s orbit is getting crowded, and scientists are warning that space may soon become too risky to manage safely. A new study published in Acta Astronautica takes on a question that could define the ...

China’s Proposed Megaconstellations Would Flood Orbit With 200,000 Satellites

The Institute of Radio Spectrum Utilization and Technological Innovation in China filed a request with the International ...
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How much is too much? Scientists look at growing number of satellites in low Earth orbit

SpaceX has launched thousands of satellites into orbit to provide high-speed internet access over the past few years. Companies like OneWeb and Amazon are doing the same. Research is now being done to ...

Satellogic: Low-Cost Earth Observation Trading At A Discount

Satellogic designs, manufactures, and operates its own NewSat low earth orbit satellites for high-resolution earth imaging.
Smithsonian Magazine

More Than 500,000 Satellites Are Set to Orbit Earth by 2040. They May End Up Photobombing the Images Captured by Space Telescopes

An image simulating the contamination from satellite trails in observations by ARRAKIHS, a European Space Agency telescope planned to launch in 2030 NASA / Borlaff et al., Nature, 2025 under CC ...