According to SpaceNews, as thousands of satellites crowd low Earth orbit, a new service industry is emerging to manage them—and it's borrowing an idea from carbon markets. The FCC authorized 15,000 more Starlink Gen2 satellites in January alone, while SpaceX and Starcloud have filed for over a million orbital platforms combined. That scale creates both debris and opportunity: satellite servicing companies could extend spacecraft lifespans, deorbit dead hardware, and unlock recovery value. The carbon credit model offers a blueprint: create a market where companies pay for servicing credits, incentivizing operators to maintain constellation health. It's elegant economics—turning orbital waste into asset value.

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