Hugh LewisMay 15, 2023
Welcome to this month's look at #Starlink conjunction risk mitigation manoeuvres. Through 30 April 2023, I estimate that Starlink satellites have made a total of > 45,000 manoeuvres to mitigate the risk of colliding with other space objects. The number of manoeuvres is growing exponentially (see later in the thread) because the number of Starlink satellites in orbit is increasing and the number of other objects in orbit is increasing [1/n]
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@ProfHughLewis They can avoid only objects (active or non active) whose orbits are known. Smaller pieces of debris are not tracked and an impact with them is also potentially destructive. The loss of the first Starlink satellite due to this is only a matter of time. The doubt is if they will report the incident, or not. I would beat that they will not.
May 16, 2023 at 7:55amWeb