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In addition: > the satellites, each weighing 227 kilograms, are “capable of tracking on-orbit debris and autonomously avoiding collision.” But for this inciden
by ricardobeat 7y ago
In addition:
> the satellites, each weighing 227 kilograms, are “capable of tracking on-orbit debris and autonomously avoiding collision.” But for this incident, this system does not seem to have been used for some reason
"does not seem to have been used" - if SpaceX made no statement we can't really tell? Maybe they were confident that their collision avoidance would simply work.
- FireBeyond 7y agoThey were testing their "deorbiting maneuvers". Probably got annoyed that they'd have to restart testing. > Maybe they were confident that their collision avoidance would simply work. Just like Tesla's? If your satellite is worth $100K and the other one is worth $2.3B, perhaps you have a little less to lose.
- ricardobeat 7y agoI’m pretty sure they’d have a lot more to lose by intentionally causing a crash, right before launching a whole constellation of the same satellite.