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About how many satellites were orbiting Earth as of mid-2025?
The number of satellites in orbit has exploded in recent years thanks to cheap small satellites and mega-constellations.
Source: Wikipedia, Satellite (2025) en.wikipedia.org
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By 2021, roughly how many dedicated Earth-observation satellites were operating?
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As of mid-2025, about how many satellites did Russia operate?
Russia operates the second-largest satellite fleet, though it's still far smaller than the U.S. total.
Source: Wikipedia, Satellite (2025) en.wikipedia.org
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As of 2021, which company operated the largest fleet of Earth-observation satellites?
Planet Labs built its business around operating more small imaging satellites than any other commercial provider.
Source: Wikipedia, Satellite (2021) en.wikipedia.org
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