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  Over the past six years, governments proposed launching over one million satellites, but where will they all go? 

 As the number of satellites in orbit increase, so will the possibilities of space debris. There are currently 8,000 satellites in orbit, but hundreds of thousands more are being proposed. 

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https://www.space.com/where-will-millions-of-proposed-satellites-go