Makes sense - the contiguous US is only 1.58% of the earth's surface area. 1.58% of 2271 satellites in orbit = 35 satellites, and considering how many orbits ar

Makes sense - the contiguous US is only 1.58% of the earth's surface area. 1.58% of 2271 satellites in orbit = 35 satellites, and considering how many orbits are equatorial, 12 feels well within the expected variance to me.