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1shooner • today at 10:08 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

Almost 1 in 3 tracked spacecraft is Starlink, is that accurate?


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Sayrus • today at 10:26 PM

Even more than that. Of the 35k tracked "Satellites and spacecraft", more than 12k are debris bringing Starlink to 1 in 2. If you look only at Active known satellites, around 2 in 3.

From Starlink's page on Wikipedia: "Starlink accounts for approximately 75% of all active maneuverable satellites in Earth orbit"

gus_massa • today at 10:30 PM

Probably correct. Random link from 2023 (~50%) https://www.springco.co.uk/what-do-satellite-constellations-...

wanick • today at 10:41 PM

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