SpaceX satellites dodge collisions 1,100 times a day. Who’s actually driving?

In the six months ending May 31, SpaceX satellites performed 207,152 propulsive collision-avoidance maneuvers. That is more than 1,100 a day. The figure is not evidence of recklessness. It reflects a conservative safety threshold, a fleet operating at unprecedented scale, and an unusually transparent public accounting. It is also a policy alarm bell. At this […]

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