How can Rocket Engineers make sure that a rocket will not crash into satellites that already orbit the Earth?

Question

How can Rocket Engineers make sure that a rocket will not crash into satellites that already orbit the Earth?

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Answer 1

They’re ways of mitigating risk and planning your orbit away from existing satellites but really space is just big. Those images of space debris orbiting earth are representing things that are inches long with dots the size of multiple football fields.