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Space is like, really really big. And these satellites are extremely small, cubesats don’t take up much room in the sky.
by asynchronous 3y ago
Space is like, really really big. And these satellites are extremely small, cubesats don’t take up much room in the sky.
- dreamcompiler 3y agoNear-earth space is not that big, especially when it contains 50,000 objects whizzing around at 25,000 km/hour. Starlink had to make 25,000 collision avoidance maneuvers in just 6 months [0] -- and that's just Starlink. If you're a satellite operator, collision avoidance is a full-time job. And the likelihood of collisions increases exponentially with the number of satellites. [0] https://www.space.com/starlink-satellite-conjunction-increase-threatens-space-sustainability https://www.space.com/starlink-satellite-conjunction-increas...
- dwaltrip 3y agoI made thousands of collision avoidance maneuvers on a single trip to the store yesterday.