New Delhi, Dec. 17 -- Amid Elon Musk's Starlink getting its final approval to launch in India and even reports about prices surfacing, it is high time to take a look at how sustainable the space congestion problem is as a rising number of satellites crowd the Earth's orbit.

Scientists are now claiming that our current situation regarding satellites in space is akin to a 'house of cards,' where one solar storm can lead to what is called the Kessler Syndrome, a theoretical event in which satellites collide, leading to a destructive situation in the Earth's orbit.

A filing by the US' Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 2023 shows that SpaceX's Starlink satellites were making around 50,000 collision avoidance maneuvers in the last fo...