LA PLATA, Maryland — SpaceX’s Starlink constellation performed 148,696 collision-avoidance maneuvers in the six months ending Nov. 30 and continues to confront operational challenges from operators that report erroneous satellite location data or report nothing at all, the company said in a filing with the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
At more than 9,000 satellites, Starlink accounts for most of the operational satellites in orbit. But large constellations in low Earth orbit are coming from at least two Chinese operators and from Amazon Leo, further testing . . .
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