SpaceX Surpassing Industry Collision Risk Standards, It Tells IB

SpaceX is going beyond industry standards on satellites maneuvering to mitigate collision risk, company representatives told FCC International Bureau Chief Tom Sullivan, per a filing Tuesday. It said its actions include its own hourly Starlink vs. Starlink collision screening analysis to reduce residual risk to "well below" what NASA recommends for an industry standard. Not counting its initial tranche of satellites, which have all de-orbited or are in the process, SpaceX said its success rate "is approaching 99% ... and continuing steadily to improve."