How do satellites get put into orbit? They must be organized in some way so they don’t crash into eachother.
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You’re correct, they are organized! Highly organized. You actually have to coordinate with various authorities to secure your place in the sky. Certain satellite positions can be highly sought after, especially for things like communications satellites over a specific area.
We know space, satellites, and how orbits work down to extremely exact functions, and satellites are actually flown to stay within their orbits as they stay alive to maintain their positions. Many satellites are designed to only last say 20 years or so. At the end of a satellite’s life, they generally save enough power and fuel to fly into what is called a “graveyard orbit” basically they go to an orbit where they can die and not impact anything else even though we can’t control it anymore.
However, space is really really stupidly big. So, while stuff is placed in specific orbits and locations, there is pretty much always incredible amounts of space in between satellites so that there are not issues. The bigger issue is say a satellite blowing up and spreading debris all over, which could hit other satellites, and cause them to break up, and so on.
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