The number of satellites orbiting Earth is rising fast, thanks to private companies such as SpaceX. But just how big will these "megaconstellations" become? And what problems might they cause?

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There are currently more than 7,000 Starlink satellites orbiting Earth, with SpaceX planning to increase the constellation’s size to up to 30,000 satellites.

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"The impact could pose some danger to equipment or astronauts on the moon, and certainly to satellites and other Earth-orbiting platforms, which are above our atmosphere." ...

Flying 492 feet apart, one satellite blocks the sun like the moon does during a natural total solar eclipse as the other aims its telescope at the corona.

Though it appears the satellites will continue to orbit Earth, Lowry said the federal government will no longer ingest, process or transmit the data they collect.