If there are many satellites orbiting earth, how do space launches not bump into any of them?
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Space-launches tend to not stay in low-earth orbit or the belt of geo-stationary objects for very long. So the larger debris can be tracked and avoided, and the smaller debris can be shielded against. And space really large and so on. But impacts are happening, and it is an increasing concern. Not in the least because – or so Kesslers theory goes – if debris fields get to dense, there might be a cascading effect as the pieces start hitting each other, spreading out in a massively larger area. While the pieces are still on their way for burning up or falling down many years into the future.
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