If there are many satellites orbiting earth, how do space launches not bump into any of them?

Question

If there are many satellites orbiting earth, how do space launches not bump into any of them?

In: 2066

Answer 1

First of all, they are all carefully tracked.

Secondly, you are underestimating the size of Earth and space. There are about 7700 satellites orbiting Earth. ALL of Earth. For comparison, there are about 1.5 billion cars on Earth, and there’s easily room for all of them.