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Tony Jan, Professor of Information Technology and Director of Artificial Intelligence Research and Optimization (AIRO) Centre, Torrens University Australia

There are already 16,000 satellites in Earth’s orbit. How will we manage the next 100,000?

Visualisation of objects in Earth's orbit. LeoLabs

Earth’s orbit is getting crowded.

About 16,000 satellites currently circle our planet, supporting everything from GPS navigation and weather forecasting to banking, emergency services and internet communications.

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