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Re:The US military launched 500M needles into space (2019) by photochemsyn on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @01:26PM (#31585163)
The article briefly mentions it... not sure how many per 'clump' though:

> "Going back to the needles, in case you’re wondering, despite the planned obsolescence, as of 2019, a few dozen clumps of them remain in orbit and are closely tracked..."

Re:The US military launched 500M needles into space (2019) by JKCalhoun on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @11:24PM (#31590954)
I assume static charge is what clumped them. I assume too that is why the initial launch "failed to disperse".