Half of all active satellites are now from SpaceX. Here’s why that may be a problem
The number of satellites in low Earth orbit is increasing faster than regulations can keep up
![A view of the Earth from space with several white dots, representing Starlink satellites, forming a ring around it.](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/030223_lg_starlink_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Low-Earth orbit is crowded with thousands of Starlink satellites, shown as white dots in this visualization. All of them launched in the last four years.