It's not like Starlink is,going to exhaust all viable orbits. No, but it is worth noting that there are about 7000 satellites in orbit right now, of which a li

It's not like Starlink is,going to exhaust all viable orbits. No, but it is worth noting that there are about 7000 satellites in orbit right now, of which a little over half are actually operational[1]. Starlink intends to increase that number 10 fold by launching 30,000 of their own. It will have a significant impact on which orbits are available, it will cause extra work for everyone who operates in space, and (in my opinion) the benefit of "broadband internet everywhere on Earth" isn't so big that people shouldn't think about whether it's worth it. Especially given the fact there are other competitors in the market who'll be wanting to launch their own constellations too. We could end up with many tens of thousands of internet provider satellites, and the market probably isn't big enough for more than a couple of companies providing that service. At the very least there should be rules demanding that each company makes their satellites interoperable with all their competitors, so if one company withdraws from the market someone else can take over their orbiting hardware so we're not left with immense amounts of space junk. [1] https://www.geospatialworld.net/blogs/how-many-satellites-are-orbiting-the-earth-in-2021/ https://www.geospatialworld.net/blogs/how-many-satellites-ar...