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Acronyms such as AI have been bandied around to create debris and constellation avoidance systems that move faster than the current human-based approach. If plans to orbit thousands more satellites (to bring broadband to remote areas, or inflict it on air-travellers, for example) come to fruition, the ESA team reckons that things will need to be a lot more automated.
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It also warned that, with further Starlink satellites in the pipeline and other constellations from the likes of Amazon due to launch, performing such moves manually would soon become impossible. The ESA operations team confirmed that this morning's manoeuvre took place approximately half an orbit before the potential pileup. The constellation in question was SpaceX's Starlink, and the firing of the thrusters of the Aeolus Earth observation satellite was designed to raise the orbit of the spacecraft to allow SpaceX's satellite to pass beneath without risking a space slam.įor the first time ever, ESA has performed a 'collision avoidance manoeuvre' to protect one of its satellites from colliding with a 'mega constellation' #SpaceTraffic /kmXvAgpj1U
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The European Space Agency (ESA) accomplished a first today: moving one of its satellites away from a potential collision with a "mega constellation".