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The European Space Agency says it had to dodge a SpaceX satellite because the company wouldn’t move it out of the way. A software bug may be to blame. Elon Musk

The European Space Agency says it had to dodge a SpaceX satellite because the company wouldn’t move it out of the way. A software bug may be to blame.

In space, no one can scream at you to move out of the way — and sometimes on Earth, you miss a very important email. Those two realities collided about 200 miles (320 kilometers) above Earth over the weekend for SpaceX and the European Space Agency (ESA), …
bubmag
September 3, 2019
SpaceX didn’t move its satellite out of the way of a potential collision because of a computer bug Elon Musk

SpaceX didn’t move its satellite out of the way of a potential collision because of a computer bug

An artistic rendering of the Aeolus satellite that ESA moved on Monday, September 2nd. | Image: ESA On Monday, a European satellite changed its position in orbit to avoid a potential collision with one of SpaceX’s Starlink satellites — one of 60 probes the co…
bubmag
September 3, 2019