Satellites
(asked on 14th March 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the total number of satellites expected to be in orbit by 2035, and how many satellites were in orbit in each of the past 15 years.
Answered by
Lord Vallance of Balham
Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
This question was answered on 28th March 2025
Estimates vary but the total number of satellites in orbit is expected to reach up to 60,000 by 2030, and increase further by 2035. In 2010 the total number of satellites in orbit was 3,327, rising to 6,271 by 2020 and to over 13,600 today.