Tiangong space station in July and October

China has asked the United Nations to remind the United States of its responsibilities in space after its space station collided with Elon Musk’s satellites twice in the last year. In a report to the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space earlier this month, China stated that Starlink satellites launched by Elon Musk’s company SpaceX nearly collided with its Tiangong space station in July and October, forcing China to use “preventive collision avoidance control” during these two “close encounters.” Read more here in details

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