born 1950 0 → 13 000 satellites there were none when you were born. the first went up in 1957.
method active satellites by year, McDowell/UCS.
born 1970 200 → 13 000 satellites about 65× as many as when you were born. most of the increase is since 2019.
nearly all of it is one company. the orbit is a commons. it is being enclosed the way the land was, and nobody voted on it.
born 1990 500 → 13 000 satellites about 26× as many as when you were born. most of the increase is since 2019.
nearly all of it is one company. the orbit is a commons. it is being enclosed the way the land was, and nobody voted on it.
born 2010 1 000 → 13 000 satellites about 13× as many as when you were born. most of the increase is since 2019.
nearly all of it is one company. the orbit is a commons. it is being enclosed the way the land was, and nobody voted on it.