Subj : Re: The James Webb Space Telescope
To   : August Abolins
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Tue Dec 28 2021 11:23 am

Hi August,

On 2021-12-27 19:28:00, you wrote to me:

WvV>> ... compared to the low earth orbits.

AA> No Kidding..  I just read THIS in the news:

AA>  "China RAGES at Elon Musk after space station near miss with
AA>  Starlink satellite

AA>  "China complained to UN in a diplomatic note, its space
AA>  station had to take evasive action to avoid collision with
AA>  satellites launched by the billionaire's Starlink program.
AA>  (SCMP)

AA>  "Satellites from Starlink Internet Services, had two "close
AA>  encounters" with the Chinese space station, according to a
AA>  document submitted to the UN Space Agency.

AA>  "For safety reasons, the China Space Station implemented
AA>  preventive collision avoidance control," China said in the
AA>  document.

AA> This is only going to get worse as things get crowded up there.

Yes this is a real problem. Some think the Kessler Syndrome has already begun. :-(

Bye, Wilfred.

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