SpaceX's 2nd-Gen Plans Raise Risk of Conjunctions: Kepler

SpaceX's planned configuration of its second-generation constellation (see 2201100004) could mean more conjunctions as satellites in higher altitudes that are deorbiting pass through the 360 km altitude where SpaceX plans to have 3,600 satellites operating, Kepler told the FCC International Bureau Monday. Kepler said SpaceX's operational satellites should bear the responsibility for resolving such conjunctions with the passively deorbiting non-maneuverable satellites. SpaceX didn't comment.