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Whoa, 200 meters is a close call for sure!
On a related topic, SpaceX is littering the low earth orbit space in a major way. From the link above:
Get off our LEO Elon!
Feel like launching stuff into space by private companies should he illegal/heavily regulated.
It is heavily regulated
LEO is not a permanent orbit. There's atmospheric drag. I believe Starlink satellites deorbit in 5 to 10 years. Oldest ones are already falling back to earth (burning in the atmosphere)
While true, they continuously replenish the ones that fall back to earth. I wouldn't be surprised if their current launch pace is higher than the amount falling out of orbit. That's not even mentioning the impact they have on ground-based astronomy.
Satellites are obviously needed for satellite internet.
And what does this have to do with the topic at hand?
The discussion is about satellite orbits.
No, I'm simply calling you out for injecting your personal politics in a discussion about near-collision of two satellites. Please keep that to political communities and let the rest of us have a moment of peace from all that. This is a technology community.
Bury your head a little deeper in the sand, you’ve almost achieved blissful ignorance! You can do it!
You guys are more obsessed with Elon than his most devout fanboys. Turning every tech thread into personality drama while calling others ignorant for wanting to stay on topic is peak irony. If that counts as burying my head in the sand, guilty as charged - and happily so.
Fascists are fascist. We’ll call them out anywhere. Good for you that you’re fine with them in your communities, though.
What the fuck is your problem? How can this place be so full of insufferable pricks.
"This guy doesn't want to talk politics in a thread about two satellites nearly colliding - must be okay with fascists then."
Stellar logic. Absolutely brilliant.
Did I say anything to argue otherwise? Since you brought it up, internet infrastructure grants should go to fiber PUDs and not a billionaire nazi. Then, there's no need to have satellites. He's polluting the skies for profit.
This is a problem as well. As the satellites deorbit they vaporise, leaving aluminium oxide nanoparticles (and other metallic gases, volatiles etc) in the atmosphere, destroying ozone and building up over decades.
So it's not just the light pollution, or the ruining of ground based astronomy. Or even the dangerous amount of clutter polluting LEO, making spaceflight even more risky. Starlink is bad news for the environment, but it's to be expected since we've seen how carelessly spacex have destroyed the ecosystem in Texas.
This is what I’ve become. 😄