TALLY OF OBJECTS lofted into space last year suggests a possible plateau in the rate of increase, incomplete data in a space objects register, and background on the stability of the 2024 tally, variously suggested.
January 13, 2025
Early, and incomplete, data for 2024 reflect a 9.6 percent dip, with updates pending, for example of the U.S. Space Force Space Track satellite catalogue, for "several missions," such as the SpaceX Bandwagon 2 mission.
The number of lofted space objects grew 16.7 percent in 2023.
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