Starlink vs. China Satellites: SpaceX Warns 200-Meter Near-Collision Exposes Growing Risk in Crowded Low Earth Orbit
A SpaceX Starlink satellite and a Chinese spacecraft came within about 200 meters of each other at 560 kilometers altitude, SpaceX said this month. The near-miss, involving Starlink-6079 and a payload from a CAS Space Kinetica 1 launch, sparked disputes over data sharing and satellite coordination. No debris or outages resulted. SpaceX claims the incident was avoidable with better trajectory information.