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SpaceX's Starlink program has an ultimate deployment target of over 42,000 satellites, Amazon's Project Kuiper plans to launch 3,236, and the total number of applications submitted by parties worldwide has already exceeded 500,000.
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7/6/2026
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The 100,000-Satellite Limit: Why Astronomers Are Drawing a Line in Earth's Orbit
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