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Every SpaceX Starlink satellite has to dodge a collision almost weekly, and experts fear the worst

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Tereza Pultarova
Every SpaceX Starlink satellite has to dodge a collision almost weekly, and experts fear the worst
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SpaceX's Starlink satellites are performing over 355,000 collision avoidance maneuvers annually, with each satellite dodging debris nearly every week. Experts warn that despite these efforts, the increasing density of the constellation makes a collision with an operational satellite increasingly likely.

Satellites Every SpaceX Starlink satellite has to dodge a collision almost weekly, and experts fear the worst News By Tereza Pultarova Published 15 July 2026 "I think we're heading towards a situation where there will be a collision involving an operational satellite in the constellation."

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