oscarleo0 on March 27, 2026 10:55 am Data source: [https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/cumulative-number-of-objects-launched-into-outer-space](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/cumulative-number-of-objects-launched-into-outer-space) Tools used: Matplotlib
Afterlast1 on March 27, 2026 11:02 am [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome) The most powerful people seem deadset on intentionally accelerating society towards catastrophe
servostitch on March 27, 2026 11:13 am Can confirm. I live in Central Florida and we used to get launches a few times a year. Now it is almost daily, it seems. Still excited for the Artemis launch though…
iwasnotarobot on March 27, 2026 11:20 am A billionaire using a network of satellites to pursue their own agenda sounds like the background for a James Bond villain……
kwonza on March 27, 2026 11:28 am Won’t it be more representative to count kilograms and not objects? Sending 100 objects is not that impressive if each weights a few hundred grams
genscathe on March 27, 2026 11:33 am The next few years will be insane as China, India and Europe all learning their own starlink leo like satellites
SectorRatioGeneral on March 27, 2026 11:49 am Perhaps “Elon Musk” should be a separate category outside of “United States”
Jonnonation on March 27, 2026 11:50 am You missed the best part of that data set New Zealand is 4th at 43 satilites. In 2025
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Data source: [https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/cumulative-number-of-objects-launched-into-outer-space](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/cumulative-number-of-objects-launched-into-outer-space)
Tools used: Matplotlib
wonder how many of that is spacex
so the US is polluting earth and space too
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome)
The most powerful people seem deadset on intentionally accelerating society towards catastrophe
Can we rename “Kessler syndrome” Musk syndrome?
Can confirm. I live in Central Florida and we used to get launches a few times a year. Now it is almost daily, it seems.
Still excited for the Artemis launch though…
A billionaire using a network of satellites to pursue their own agenda sounds like the background for a James Bond villain……
Won’t it be more representative to count kilograms and not objects? Sending 100 objects is not that impressive if each weights a few hundred grams
The next few years will be insane as China, India and Europe all learning their own starlink leo like satellites
For a moment I thought you included missiles.
Perhaps “Elon Musk” should be a separate category outside of “United States”
You missed the best part of that data set New Zealand is 4th at 43 satilites. In 2025