How many satellites are orbiting Earth?
- Written by Supriya Chakrabarti, Professor of Physics, University of Massachusetts Lowell
References
- ^ CC BY-ND (creativecommons.org)
- ^ rovers to Mars (theconversation.com)
- ^ tourists (theconversation.com)
- ^ satellites (theconversation.com)
- ^ space is getting crowded (www.msn.com)
- ^ professor of physics (www.uml.edu)
- ^ Center for Space Science and Technology (www.uml.edu)
- ^ Groups (www.unoosa.org)
- ^ satellite launches (brycetech.com)
- ^ roughly 60 to 100 satellites launched yearly until the early 2010s (www.unoosa.org)
- ^ deployed another 51 Starlink satellites (www.msn.com)
- ^ CC BY-ND (creativecommons.org)
- ^ SpaceX rocket (en.wikipedia.org)
- ^ built by my students (www.uml.edu)
- ^ satellites that weigh less than around 1,320 pounds (600 kilograms) (brycetech.com)
- ^ Starlink by SpaceX (www.starlink.com)
- ^ OneWeb (onewebsatellites.com)
- ^ planning to launch more than 40,000 satellites (www.osa-opn.org)
- ^ eyeing this US$1 trillion market (www.space.com)
- ^ Amazon with its Project Kuiper (spectrum.ieee.org)
- ^ see them blocking out the stars (www.youtube.com)
- ^ lose 70% sensitivity in certain frequencies due to interference from satellite megaconstellations (www.science.org)
- ^ potential problems posed by these constellations (aas.org)
- ^ satellite companies could address them (aas.org)
- ^ concern about space debris (www.esa.int)
- ^ real possibility (www.nature.com)
- ^ collisions (swfound.org)
- ^ democratization of space was a goal yet to be realized (www.foreignaffairs.com)
- ^ student projects on the Space Station (www.wcvb.com)
- ^ 105 countries (space.skyrocket.de)
- ^ lower the impact of Starlink constellations (www.osa-opn.org)
- ^ de-orbit their satellites within 355 days after mission completion (www.space.com)
- ^ Weekly on Wednesdays (theconversation.com)
Authors: Supriya Chakrabarti, Professor of Physics, University of Massachusetts Lowell
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