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Orbital congestion open

Constellation growth, conjunction management, and whether debris mitigation is keeping pace.

3 parts, from Mar 10, 2026

  1. Part 1 of 3

    Orbital launch cadence by provider

    Launches per quarter by launch service provider. The current quarter is partial and marked as such.

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  2. Part 2 of 3

    The catalogued population, split by object class

    Payloads, spent rocket bodies and debris on orbit since 1957, reconstructed from launch and decay dates.

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  3. Part 3 of 3

    Active payloads on orbit, by operator country

    Every catalogued payload still in orbit and not decayed, grouped by the operator code CelesTrak records.

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