Active #satellites must perform an increasing number of #collision avoidance manoeuvres to dodge out of the way of other satellites and fragments of #SpaceDebris. Another factor is the high level of solar activity which can often cause increased atmospheric drag. If we extrapolate current trends into the future, catastrophic collision numbers could rise significantly https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Space_Debris/ESA_Space_Environment_Report_2024

Cutting staff from the #SpaceTraffic program, which currently alerts #satellite operators of potential collisions with debris or other spacecraft, complicates a years-long effort to migrate those alerting duties out of the Pentagon. A #collision notice is an alert that a satellite could collide with another object in space.
"We are not talking a few dozen per year. We are talking tens of thousands" https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/trump-layoffs-hit-key-air-traffic-control-space-unit-2025-03-01