How do rockets launched into space not collide with satellites?
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They track possible satellite collisions from earth. Additionally, the odds of hitting a large man-made satellite (which number in the thousands) are astronomically low given the volume of space around earth. That said, collisions with space debris are increasingly a problem as countries send more stuff into orbit. Every orbiting satellite (which means anything that orbits the planet) is an additional factor they have to take into account when launching a new satellite.
Satellites are at about 36000km(geostationary orbit). These ones are your satellite tv and gps satellites. Not 100% sure on the distance to the other satellites but I would assume similar. The space station is at 400km from the earth.
Space is enormous. You have the entire width and height of the earth to fit a satellite inside, plus altitude.
It’s the same reason planes going opposite directions don’t collide, you stick them in on different paths
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