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300,000 Avoided Collisions Yearly

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Dr Karl and Michael Brown unpack a startling figure: Starlink satellites executed 300,000 collision-avoidance maneuvers in a year, roughly one every 80 seconds, and discuss the looming risk of a Kessler cascade if maneuvering stopped.

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