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

SpaceX's Starlink constellation performed over 355,000 collision avoidance maneuvers in the past year, with each satellite now dodging debris weekly; space sustainability experts warn that continued constellation growth toward 100,000 satellites will create aggregate collision risks that become unavoidable despite individual mitigation efforts.

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