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Next Giant Leap | The satellite revolution in Low Earth Orbit | GZERO in partnership with MDA Space | image of the Moon in space
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The satellite revolution in Low Earth Orbit

Listen: In the last twenty-five years, the number of active satellites orbiting the Earth has increased from about 500 to 8,000. The latest episode of the Next Giant Leap podcast explores the exponential increase in satellites which are being launched into Low Earth orbit (LEO). This is the zone of space between about 100 and 1200 miles above the Earth.