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That's fine, but then share that data and there'd be no need to waste delta-v for either satellite. Also these aren't military assets, their specs and location
by mLuby 7y ago
That's fine, but then share that data and there'd be no need to waste delta-v for either satellite.
Also these aren't military assets, their specs and locations aren't secret, so if they have better tracking, they should be sharing that.
- owl57 7y ago> these aren't military assets Do we know that for sure?
- debatem1 7y agoMy suspicion is that SpaceX and the ESA disagreed either on: 1/ the position of the SpaceX vehicle (ESA may not trust the SpaceX position data) 2/ that they disagreed on the probability of a collision (ESA thinks it's 5%, SpaceX thinks it's 0.005%) or 3/ they disagreed on whether the probability of a collision was worth moving for (eg, ESA thinks you should move for a one-in-a-million shot, SpaceX disagrees). I recall someone saying that SpaceX did share ephemeris, but I can't find a reference. Maybe I dreamed it.
- mikeash 7y agoMaybe they did. This article is awfully light on details and heavy on speculation.