China, in a report filed to the United Nations earlier this month, accused SpaceX of endangering the country's new space station and taikonauts on board through close encounters with at least two of the company's Starlink internet satellites.
and taikonauts on board through close encounters with at least two of the company's Starlink internet satellites.China also accused the U.S. of failing to meet its obligations under the Outer Space Treaty and said it isn't doing enough to ensure that the California-based company complies.a Starlink satellite had a close encounter with its space station on July 1 and the station conducted an evasive maneuver to avoid a collision.
The U.S., while talking about the concept of responsible outer space behavior, is in practice ignoring its obligations under the treaty,"BloombergSpaceX has not publicly commented on the complaint, which was officially filed to the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs., which is designed to use thousands of relatively low-cost satellites.
Since the project's conception, astronomers and regulators have been concerned that the satellites could contribute to the growing problem of space junk.
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