[ineedasername]

>it [# of maneuvers] follows an exponential curve... it has gone up by a factor of 10 in just two years.

Ridiculous. Per this chart, the # of satellites has also gone up by a factor of 10 in that same 2 year time period from ~400 to ~4000. Maneuvers-per-satellite does not appear to be increasing, given available data.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Starlink_and_Starshiel...

[dr_orpheus]

Additionally, we have gotten better at tracking smaller objects in orbit as well, so we know of more things we need to maneuver around. Companies like ExoAnalytics have set up hundreds of sensors for finding and tracking objects in space. JSpOC has been increasing sensors has well. As we are able to track smaller things the number of things we are actually tracking can go up. If I remember correctly after the Space Fence came online in 2020 or 2021 the number of things being tracked by JSpOC went from like 25,000 to >100,000.