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'CRASH Clock' measures how quickly satellites could collide if control is lost, potentially within days.
The 'CRASH Clock' now estimates major satellite collisions could begin within 2.8 days after control loss.
KEY POINTS
- Solar storms can sever communication links, preventing satellite collision avoidance maneuvers during critical periods.
- Starlink satellites performed over 144,000 avoidance maneuvers between December 2024 and May 2025.
- The active satellite count in orbit grew by 485% since 2018, now exceeding 11,700 satellites.
- A Starlink satellite comes within one kilometer of another object approximately every 47 seconds.
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