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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

There's a satellite near-miss happening today over Philly ... both are retired, but if they impact, it could be very hazardous to all the other ones. -- nm

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Jan 29 '20, 07:57

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Pittsburgh. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 29, 08:00 1
- LeoLabs (which tracks this stuff) has an updated collision probability of 1 in 20 -- nm - decline Jan 29, 09:04

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