CHINA REACHED OUT TO NASA TO AVOID A POTENTIAL SATELLITE COLLISION

China recently reached out to NASA over a manoeuvre to prevent a possible collision between satellites, marking a first for space traffic management.

- ANDREW JONES

The move by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) comes as both the US, notably through SpaceX's Starlink constellation, and China, in the shape of the Guowang and Thousand Sails megaconstellations, are rapidly increasing the number of satellites they have in orbit. This means an increasing need