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Re:SpaceX’s Starlink near-misses with other spacecraft are g... by sandworm101 on Friday August 20, 2021 @02:58PM (#28249994)
>>like half of all active satellites in LEO? It's not surprising that they would be half the encounters.

Half of all sats, not objects. These close encounters are not just with other satellites but any other tracked objects in the database, of which there are many more.

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Re:SpaceX’s Starlink near-misses with other spacecraft are g... by luckylion on Friday August 20, 2021 @03:13PM (#28250163)
Wouldn't that still be expected if they make up half the satellites? Or do these numbers also include near-misses of two non-satellite objects, in which case Starlink would do worse than non-steered space junk?
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