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February 7th, 2022
Credit: Dewesoft
The research team at Dewesoft analyzed data as to which governments, organizations, and companies own the most satellites in our orbit.
How many satellites are in space?
As noted by the Dewesoft team, there are thousands of satellites in the sky above us at this moment, orbiting Earth.
Satellites have many uses for the government, military, and even civilians. They provide us the ability to have things like Internet access, television, GPS, and much more.
They also have scientific purposes such as Earth and space observation and provide the means for high-level technology development.
SpaceX – in the lead
More than half of the 4,550 satellites orbiting Earth are used for communications purposes, and that number will continue to rise as tech billionaires look to bring high-speed Internet access to every corner of our planet.
Dewesoft analyzed data collected by the UCS Satellite Database, ESRI, and the Space Foundation to create a list of the 50 owners of the most satellites orbiting Earth.
Credit: SpaceX/Starlink
As of Sept. 1, 2021, SpaceX is leading the race, with their Starlink satellite program planning to send more than a thousand new satellites into orbit every year. SpaceX owns an incredible 36% of the satellites in orbit around Earth.
Dewesoft develops and manufactures versatile, easy-to-use data acquisition systems – tools for test and measurement engineers. They are headquartered in Solovenia in southern Central Europe.
For detailed information from Dewesoft, go to:
https://dewesoft.com/daq/every-satellite-orbiting-earth-and-who-owns-them
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