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Jonathan McDowell of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics estimates there are 14 defunct spacecraft in LEO that were either licensed by the U.K., owned by British entities, or registered by the U.K. with the United Nations.

NARRATIVE GENERAL10/26/2021UK funds studies to remove two spacecraft from LEO