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Orbital overpopulation is not a narrative but an established phenomenon, specialist have raised concerns about it for decades: https://www.space.com/how-many-satellites-fit-safely-earth-orbit https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome The limit is not well known yet, however starlinks alone had to do about 50 000 maneuvers in the last 6 months compared to the <1000 of 2020. https://www.sankyungtoday.com/news/articleViewAmp.html?idxno=47381
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