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Satellites might have days, not months, before nearly crashing into another spacecraft.
A group of scientists says their “Collision Realization and Significant Harm (CRASH) Clock” estimates satellites in low Earth orbit have only 5.5 days before colliding or nearly missing another object, as of June 2025, compared to 164 days in January 2018.
Space traffic is likely to continue to increase, thanks in part to the latest pet project of tech billionaires: space data centers.
Satellites Used to Have Months to Avoid Collisions—Now They Have Days
[Scientific American]
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