China notifies UN after two near-collisions with Starlink satellites

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Didn’t they say that Starlink was supposed to be low enough that this would never happen? Kessler Syndrome here we come

They lowered orbit from 550km to 380km for some reasons which there aren’t any official explanations from Starlink.

Some believe that they were probing how good the Chinese Space Station can detect such risk. And the intent may be link to the pentagon as they invested in StarLink.

https://spacenews.com/chinas-space-station-maneuvered-to-avo...

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