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Satellites |
| Question ID: |
1785069 |
| UIN: |
HL5823 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-14 |
| Asking Member ID: |
1463 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Watson of Wyre Forest
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Watson of Wyre Forest
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
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. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-28 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5363 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Vallance of Balham
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Vallance of Balham
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| Answer text: |
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. |
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| Answering body ID: |
216 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Tweeted: |
true |