
Petroc Taylor
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Get in touch with us nowThere were around 28,300 satellites orbiting the Earth at the start of 2024, an increase of around 6.8 percent on the previous year. Almost 59,000 satellites have been cataloged in total, with the first, Sputnik 1, having launched in October 1957.
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