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by toss1 1065 days ago
Yes. The count also does not seem to account for the steadily increasing number of Starlink satellites (although that is increasing linearly but avoidance maneuvers are increasing exponentially).

I also wonder at what altitude are most of the maneuvers. Are they during the phase between achieving orbit and boosting to their 550km final orbit altitude, or at the final altitude? I have a vague recollection of reading that the 550km altitude was selected partly due to low traffic, and is SpaceX' traffic itself causing the maneuvers?

Also, the maneuvers are based on orbital data several days in advance. How close are we to the point where multiple satellites maneuver simultaneously, but without accounting for the other satellite's maneuver, and wind up causing a crash?