How many satellites can we safely fit in Earth orbit?

[Admin]

Experts have been sounding alarm bells for years that Earth orbit is getting a bit too crowded. So how many satellites can we actually launch to space before it gets to be too much?

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[Helio]

Great article! I wonder what additional problems an active Sun will bring to this orbiting table?

 

[Pogo]

Humanity is really bad at cleaning up after itself. Companies go out of business or move, they leave the buildings behind for someone else to worry about. Airplane crashes sometimes in remote areas, they’re left there. How many rocket bodies are in the Atlantic east of Florida, and everywhere else, not to mention ships. We have a war and equipment breaks, it’s just left there, not to mention unexploded mines and ordnance. And satellites die, we just leave them there. The owner of the satellite needs to be responsible for it from cradle to grave.