As of September 29, 2026, there are 16,613 active satellites in Earth orbit, 11,128 of them Starlink.

A fun fact: Kessler syndrome is a runaway chain reaction in orbit. Collisions create debris, and that debris causes more collisions, and when something breaks into pieces, its mass stays the same but its total surface area goes up, and reflected sunlight scales with area.

I submit to you that our kids' kids won't be able to see the milky way galaxy because of this litter.