@space_environmentalism@mastodon.social
2026-09-11 20:25 UTC
"As of today, any verified satellite operator anywhere in the world can look up an emergency contact for any other verified operator in a single, neutral, institutionally backed platform — for the first time in the history of spaceflight. The gap that platform fills is not technical. It is logistical. And in a low Earth orbit environment where the CRASH Clock research project page now reads 2.2 days, logistics are everything."
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/327287/20260910/unoosa-opens-satellite-operator-contact-hub-orbital-safety-drops-record-low.htm
#SpaceEnvironment #SpaceSustainability
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@albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz 2026-09-11 20:33
@space_environmentalism@mastodon.social 2.2 days, ... goodness. Used to be hundreds: hundreds of days until two satellites in orbit would collide if all satellites were to lose their maneuvering capabilities. Smells of Kessler syndrome. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome