{"id":34,"date":"2019-09-03T21:03:16","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T21:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rokits.org\/?p=34"},"modified":"2021-12-26T21:46:50","modified_gmt":"2021-12-26T21:46:50","slug":"european-space-agency-satellite-swerved-avoiding-a-collision-with-spacex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rokits.org\/european-space-agency-satellite-swerved-avoiding-a-collision-with-spacex\/","title":{"rendered":"European Space Agency Satellite Swerved Avoiding A Collision With SpaceX"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Three months after Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX Corp. sent its first set of satellites into orbit, other operators are already veering to keep their own spacecraft out of harm\u2019s way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The European Space Agency tweeted that it moved it\u2019s Earth observation satellite Aeolus<\/a> to avoid a possible crash with one of SpaceX\u2019s Starlink satellites. The Musk-backed company launched its first 60<\/a> satellites in May, getting a running start on the company of the other billionaire funding space exploration, Jeff Bezos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For the first time ever, ESA has performed a ‘collision avoidance manoeuvre’ to protect one of its satellites from colliding with a ‘mega constellation’#SpaceTraffic<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/kmXvAgpj1U<\/a>\u2014 ESA Operations (@esaoperations) September 2, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The ESA said this is the first time it\u2019s performed a maneuver to avoid a collision and protect its satellites, but they believe this will become so common that using a manual process will be impossible. The agency said in a tweet<\/a> they are preparing artificial intelligence to automate avoidance maneuvers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n