As communication technologies evolve, the number of satellites orbiting the Earth has increased 40% in the past five years, currently standing at almost 1,400 known devices, threatening the possibility of collisions in space as they feed a growing cloud of space debris circling the Earth.
Out of Space
23:26 GMT 25.07.2016 (Updated: 23:33 GMT 25.07.2016)
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The number of satellites orbiting the Earth has increased 40% in the past five years, currently standing at almost 1,400 known devices, threatening the possibility of collisions in space.
