This was dangerous with no coordination before launch resulting in a 200m close approach. Eventually, there will be a collision – it’s just a matter of time.
Lukevito on
There is a lesson here, if you leave junk it will make problems
SecretNature on
I mean, yes, there needs to be coordination but it is also true that SpaceX is littering orbit with over ten thousand of satellites and it is only going to get worse as other companies form their own constellations
Prize-Grapefruiter on
Or vice versa .. starlink almost hit the Chinese spacecraft
cplchanb on
Starlink will one day be responsible for the kessler syndrome
ViriditasBiologia on
Almost like allowing a billionaire tech bro to litter orbit with a PAID SERVICE constellation satellite with zero oversight was a bad idea. When this causes a collision, I don’t want to hear “nobody knew this would happen”. This is who we’re trusting the future of space travel to for the United States? Amateur.
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Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
|Fewer Letters|More Letters|
|——-|———|—|
|[ESA](/r/Space/comments/1plnj5o/stub/ntu15fy “Last usage”)|European Space Agency|
|[LEO](/r/Space/comments/1plnj5o/stub/ntu8w97 “Last usage”)|Low Earth Orbit (180-2000km)|
| |Law Enforcement Officer (most often mentioned during transport operations)|
|NORAD|North American Aerospace Defense command|
|[TLE](/r/Space/comments/1plnj5o/stub/nttrodd “Last usage”)|Two-Line Element dataset issued by NORAD|
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This was dangerous with no coordination before launch resulting in a 200m close approach. Eventually, there will be a collision – it’s just a matter of time.
There is a lesson here, if you leave junk it will make problems
I mean, yes, there needs to be coordination but it is also true that SpaceX is littering orbit with over ten thousand of satellites and it is only going to get worse as other companies form their own constellations
Or vice versa .. starlink almost hit the Chinese spacecraft
Starlink will one day be responsible for the kessler syndrome
Almost like allowing a billionaire tech bro to litter orbit with a PAID SERVICE constellation satellite with zero oversight was a bad idea. When this causes a collision, I don’t want to hear “nobody knew this would happen”. This is who we’re trusting the future of space travel to for the United States? Amateur.
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
|Fewer Letters|More Letters|
|——-|———|—|
|[ESA](/r/Space/comments/1plnj5o/stub/ntu15fy “Last usage”)|European Space Agency|
|[LEO](/r/Space/comments/1plnj5o/stub/ntu8w97 “Last usage”)|Low Earth Orbit (180-2000km)|
| |Law Enforcement Officer (most often mentioned during transport operations)|
|NORAD|North American Aerospace Defense command|
|[TLE](/r/Space/comments/1plnj5o/stub/nttrodd “Last usage”)|Two-Line Element dataset issued by NORAD|
|Jargon|Definition|
|——-|———|—|
|[Starlink](/r/Space/comments/1plnj5o/stub/ntu8fdu “Last usage”)|SpaceX’s world-wide satellite broadband constellation|
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