Mega-satellite constellations could lead to chain-reaction spacecraft pile-ups in orbit

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A cluster of 60 Starlink satellites is launched from a SpaceX rocket in 2020. SpaceX has plans to put more than 30,000 satellites in orbit. (SpaceX, via ...

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