🚀 SpaceX is turning Starlink into a giant space-surveillance network

SpaceX’s Starlink constellation has grown beyond 11,000 satellites, and the company is using that massive network to help monitor Earth’s orbit.

Through Stargaze, SpaceX uses around 30,000 star trackers to detect objects passing through their field of view, recording approximately 30 million transits per day. The system could significantly improve how quickly operators detect and track potential orbital threats.

Meanwhile, Starlink satellites autonomously perform more than 1,000 collision-avoidance maneuvers daily. SpaceX also provides collision-warning data to other satellite operators for free.

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