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In the last five years, the number of active satellites in space has increased from barely 3,000 to about 14,000\u2014and climbing. The biggest use case: \u201cmegaconstellations\u201d like Elon Musk\u2019s Starlink internet service, which by itself has nearly 10,000 satellites in orbit. <\/p>\n<p>And then there\u2019s the garbage: 50,000 bits of debris larger than a baseball now orbit Earth, along with a million more objects bigger than a coin. If you enjoy things like weather forecasts and digital communication, hope they don\u2019t start crashing into each other. 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