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Re:Google Nears $1 Billion Investment in SpaceX on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @11:37AM (#8917705)
If my napkin-calculations are correct, 4025 stats @ 1100 km LEO orbit would occupy 0.0000000573% of the sky - so not a real problem, I believe ;) (if they are in the same plane, that is and each have 10mx10mx10m bounding area...)

  ((10/1000)**2*4025)/(4*pi*(6371+1100)**2)*100 %