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 "artifact": "kessler_stakes_table_v1",
 "built": "2026-07-16",
 "source": "Space-track.txt full pull 15 Jul 2026 (referee-parse-verified file); altitude = a-Re from line-2 mean motion (near-circular convention, method stated)",
 "total_objects_parsed": 32010,
 "expected_total": 32010,
 "rows": [
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   "band_km": "150-380",
   "label": "below the stations",
   "tracked_objects": 1269,
   "debris_and_rb": 38,
   "categories": {
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    "weather_climate_ops": 1,
    "earth_science_observation": 18
   }
  },
  {
   "band_km": "380-430",
   "label": "the crewed band \u2014 where people live",
   "tracked_objects": 424,
   "debris_and_rb": 42,
   "categories": {
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    "starlink": 164,
    "weather_climate_ops": 5,
    "earth_science_observation": 22
   }
  },
  {
   "band_km": "430-465",
   "label": "between crews and the corridor",
   "tracked_objects": 2352,
   "debris_and_rb": 64,
   "categories": {
    "starlink": 1942,
    "weather_climate_ops": 7,
    "earth_science_observation": 35
   }
  },
  {
   "band_km": "465-495",
   "label": "the internet corridor (trigger band)",
   "tracked_objects": 6170,
   "debris_and_rb": 63,
   "categories": {
    "starlink": 5698,
    "weather_climate_ops": 10,
    "earth_science_observation": 29
   }
  },
  {
   "band_km": "495-570",
   "label": "the emptying band (the migration\u2019s origin)",
   "tracked_objects": 2437,
   "debris_and_rb": 241,
   "categories": {
    "starlink": 1220,
    "oneweb": 1,
    "weather_climate_ops": 29,
    "earth_science_observation": 40
   }
  },
  {
   "band_km": "570-700",
   "label": "upper transition",
   "tracked_objects": 3084,
   "debris_and_rb": 1290,
   "categories": {
    "starlink": 698,
    "oneweb": 1,
    "weather_climate_ops": 325,
    "earth_science_observation": 14
   }
  },
  {
   "band_km": "700-1000",
   "label": "the ratchet band \u2014 where Earth-watching lives",
   "tracked_objects": 7155,
   "debris_and_rb": 5672,
   "categories": {
    "oneweb": 2,
    "qianfan_g60": 96,
    "weather_climate_ops": 2022,
    "earth_science_observation": 12
   }
  },
  {
   "band_km": "1000-2000",
   "label": "high LEO",
   "tracked_objects": 4858,
   "debris_and_rb": 2712,
   "categories": {
    "oneweb": 650,
    "qianfan_g60": 142,
    "weather_climate_ops": 164,
    "earth_science_observation": 1
   }
  }
 ],
 "census_sourced_rows_NOT_rederivable_here": {
  "active_non_maneuverable": {
   "count": 2113,
   "tag": "SOURCED (GCAT census, epoch 8 Jul 2026)",
   "meaning": "active satellites that cannot dodge \u2014 the burden-shift population"
  },
  "active_payloads_total": 16234,
  "active_starlink": 10736
 },
 "usage_rule": "This table is the WHITELIST: no ground-level dependency ships on the surface unless it maps to a row here or a census-sourced entry above. Out-of-band services (e.g., GPS/GNSS \u2014 MEO) are NEVER invoked.",
 "tags": "band placement MEASURED (TLE); category counts DERIVED (stated name patterns, conservative \u2014 undercounts by design); census rows SOURCED",
 "category_caveat": "name-pattern counts are STATUS-BLIND: they include retired generations still on orbit (e.g., decades of NOAA/METEOR/DMSP in the ratchet band). Surface phrasing must say 'working and retired' or cite the census for active-only claims. Undercounting by conservative patterns is accepted; overclaiming operational status is not."
}