Re:Elon Musk tweets using SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet
by Vordax on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @01:15PM
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Not that big of a deal, they move satellites if there is more than a 1 in 10,000 chance of a collision, in this case it appears a bug was the problem:
https://www.cnet.com/news/esa-spacex-starlink-satellite-near...
Recently there was a flap about a satellite having to move out of a Starlink sat's way because the latter wouldn't.
On the Starlink website they call out the automated collision avoidance system. Seems the Starlink sat would have moved away automatically if there was a risk.