Everyone intentionally placing their satellites in VLEO is going to be spending more fuel simply staying in orbit against atmospheric drag than they they will s

Everyone intentionally placing their satellites in VLEO is going to be spending more fuel simply staying in orbit against atmospheric drag than they they will spend on avoidance manoeuvres. This ESA satellite is in VLEO by design, which means every piece of space junk is going to present a threat to it. Once ESA has secured funding for their navigation automation project (funding to be decided in November), we should hear nothing more about potential collisions with the endless rain of space junk from megaconstellations.