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One thing I do wonder about with respect to the #Starlink satellite constellation of 12000 satellites: what will this do to the already stretched resources of current Space Object Tracking Networks?
@brianweeden @TSKelso @elonmusk @moribajah
One thing I do wonder about with respect to the #Starlink satellite constellation of 12000 satellites: what will this do to the already stretched resources of current Space Object Tracking Networks?
@brianweeden @TSKelso @elonmusk @moribajah
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SOT Networks like CSpOC already struggle to keep timely track of the many objects currently on orbit. Adding as much as 12000 objects (a really significant amount) in a relatively short time: will they be able to cope with that, I wonder?
SOT Networks like CSpOC already struggle to keep timely track of the many objects currently on orbit. Adding as much as 12000 objects (a really significant amount) in a relatively short time: will they be able to cope with that, I wonder?
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With the sharp rise in instrumental detections this will cause, will they still be able to timely & properly identify individual trees in a Space forest that is growing fast and overwhelmingly?
With the sharp rise in instrumental detections this will cause, will they still be able to timely & properly identify individual trees in a Space forest that is growing fast and overwhelmingly?
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I do not know the answers to this: but has this been given a thought by the involved parties? Even if SpaceX provides orbital data of their Starlink sats to CSpOC, will CSpOC be able to identify all the other objects among the overload of sensor detections created?
I do not know the answers to this: but has this been given a thought by the involved parties? Even if SpaceX provides orbital data of their Starlink sats to CSpOC, will CSpOC be able to identify all the other objects among the overload of sensor detections created?
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Will objects start to slip through the sensor nets? This is important from a Space Situational Awareness perspective - it would impact collisional avoidance analysis and with that the safety of satellites.
I hope someone knowledgeable involved can chime in here.
Will objects start to slip through the sensor nets? This is important from a Space Situational Awareness perspective - it would impact collisional avoidance analysis and with that the safety of satellites.
I hope someone knowledgeable involved can chime in here.
