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In response to "Decline, the Starlink sats have active collision avoidance, are in stable, known orbits, and there's a lot of open -- (edited)" by TWuG

some points I read

Posted by decline (aka Decline) Jan 29 '20, 07:51

The collision warnings are supplied by the U.S. military, often via e-mail. That can lead to miscommunication or confusion.

operators have no set standard on what to do when they get a warning - which could lead to some playing it safe and moving their satellites while others might try and conserve valuable fuel on the spacecraft - no standard = bad

With 1000 new satellites floating around without clear rules and standards automatic avoidance could increase risk rather than decrease it.

It's sort of like a space-infrastructure problem with no solution.

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Starlink sats rely on onboard collision avoidance tech - TWuG Jan 29, 07:59 4
- Also, also here's an image of debris in LEO -- (pic) - decline Jan 29, 08:07 [Attachment] 2
  - omg that is so misleading -- nm - mud Jan 29, 08:11 1
    - Very. Space debris is a serious threat, but it doesn't look at all like that. -- nm - TWuG Jan 29, 09:20
- Also, that email system? It runs on a computer from 1996 with software developed in 1983... -- nm - decline Jan 29, 08:06
The Kessler Syndrome could become a very real event in the future -- nm - decline Jan 29, 07:54

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