https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/spacexs-starlink-more-satellites-in-orbit-but-fewer-close-encounters/ Tue, 16 Jan 2024 21:17:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/spacexs-starlink-more-satellites-in-orbit-but-fewer-close-encounters/#comment-1441378 Tue, 16 Jan 2024 21:17:28 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=101964#comment-1441378 I think this needs to be investigated by multiple government agencies, and then, reviewed by several private whack-job wing-ding organizations or they should stop putting things in the air.

]]> https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/spacexs-starlink-more-satellites-in-orbit-but-fewer-close-encounters/#comment-1441362 Tue, 16 Jan 2024 18:49:30 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=101964#comment-1441362 Since StarLink has two or three “orbital shells” (altitudes), they have distributed the satellites equally across the bands for coverage. They must have a server that is a “traffic cop” to tell which satellites to maneuver for avoidance and it probably predicts long term avoidance by doing smaller station keeping burns. They have had time to refine this algorithm.
The secret for Spacex and StarLink for these successes is great code.

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