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Satellites naturally cross paths over time, there is no “ESA” path. This is standards and expected, SpaceX is only guilty of a support failure, which has been c
by valuearb 6y ago
Satellites naturally cross paths over time, there is no “ESA” path. This is standards and expected, SpaceX is only guilty of a support failure, which has been corrected.
And SpaceX has designed and is implementing shade visors on all new Starlink satellites at their own expense, for the sole reason of reducing their reflection and brightness for astronomers.
No one made Elon do that, he chose to significantly increase the cost and complexity of his satellites to help astronomers.
- altacc 6y agoAs you say, there are standards and expectations that SpaceX failed to uphold. They shouldn’t be praised or thanked for doing what they should have done in the first place and only corrected after been called out.
- gpm 6y agoYou are confusing two seperate things. The ESA thing, and the standards based thing, is a communication failure, where SpaceX failed to promptly reply to an email by accident. The reflectivity based thing is something without standards more stringent than what SpaceX was already complying with, which they voluntarily chose to improve to be a good citizen, and in which they are going above and beyond the existing standards.