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Satellites becoming far too numerous
More and more telecommunications satellites are present in orbit around our planet. While there were around 2,000 satellites in low Earth orbit in 2019, today that number has risen to more than 15,000, and this is only the beginning.
While some studies have already recorded more than 35,000 objects in orbit around our planet in 2024, a number that has continued to grow since, NASA researchers estimate that if all current satellite launch projects go ahead, some 560,000 satellites could be orbiting Earth by 2040.
Beyond the increasingly concerning issue of…
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