[Starlink] orbital maneuvers 12 per sat in the last 6 months

[tom at evslin.com]

Great visualization. Dumb question but I can’t figure it out. What are the orange planes labeled “instruments”? They are obviously related o the beams below them but I’m not sure what they are either.

 

Thank you

 

From: Starlink <starlink-bounces at lists.bufferbloat.net> On Behalf Of Mike Puchol via Starlink
Sent: Friday, July 7, 2023 2:35 AM
To: starlink at lists.bufferbloat.net
Subject: Re: [Starlink] orbital maneuvers 12 per sat in the last 6 months

 

Profession Hugh Lewis follows Starlink’s conjuction reports closely, and writes very detailed threads whenever a report comes up:

https://twitter.com/ProfHughLewis

Latest thread:

https://twitter.com/ProfHughLewis/status/1658173801924812803

If you want an idea of -what- they are avoiding, LeoLabs operates a set of radars which track anything larger than 10cm in cross-section, and provides an awesome visualization here:

https://platform.leolabs.space/visualization

(make sure to enable the “debris” checkbox too)

 

Best,

Mike

On Jul 7, 2023 at 08:23 +0200, Daniel AJ Sokolov via Starlink <starlink at lists.bufferbloat.net>, wrote:




On 7/6/23 22:28, blakangel at gmail.com <mailto:blakangel at gmail.com>  wrote:



I think the main point of the article is that the amount of maneuvers
needed is currently increasing exponentially:


Indeed, I read that. But the article does not explain why they think
this trend will continue exponentially.

Obviously it can't continue exponentially forever, because eventually
all satellites are on the move evading one another 100% of the time. :-)

Cheers
Daniel
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