Uh-oh! Evil Russian space debris threatens Elon Musk's Borglink satellites

[Ray Allan]

SpaceX's Starlink constellation faced a Russian sapce debris "squall" on Aug. 6, according to a media report.

SpaceX satellites in the Starlink constellation came close to debris generated by a Russian anti-satellite test in November. Dan Oltrogge, Chief Scientist at COMSPOC, said at a Secure World Foundation event during a Small Satellite Conference Monday (Aug. 8). The story was first reported by SpaceNews.

The company, which tracks space debris and generates reports for clients, said pieces of the now-destroyed Cosmos 1408 satellite are lining up with satellites launched in a sun-synchronous orbit, meaning an orbit that keeps the sun at a constant altitude relative to Earth.

Oltrogge, calling the close encounter Starlink event a "conjunction squall," said his company spotted more than 6,000 close approaches affecting 841 satellites, representing about 30% of the constellation (SpaceX has emphasized its Starlinks can maneuver, but did not comment on the story or whether any Starlinks were affected).

https://www.space.com/spacex-starlin...debris-squalls

If it takes out the satellites SpaceX launched to cover jewkraine, I would be pleased.

"Secure World Foundation?" Sounds very New World Order-like to me.

[Ray Allan]

Russia says private satellites could become 'legitimate targets' during wartime

https://www.space.com/russia-private...united-nations

I know this is more agitprop against Russia that is so popular these days, but Russia would never do this unless the jewSA started doing it to Russian satellites. Elon has too much of his shit up there as it is. Does the world really need tens of thousands of those Borglink cubes and other companies' satellite constellations flying around in LEO interfering with astronomical observations and people's simple stargazing?