SpaceX and Amazon Are Making Space Crowded and Dangerous With So Many Satellites

Space may seem endlessly vast, but the sky above Earth is actually very crowded—and poised to become more so. According to the European Space Agency’s latest count, there are more than 29,000 objects larger than 10 cm in diameter, including thousands of active and dead satellites, orbiting at various heights around Earth. And every year, more than 100 rockets blast off and deploy something new into space. It’s estimated that, by 2025, the number of manmade objects sent into space per year will grow past 1,100. More

(Source: Observer - Aug 22)