Two Satellites Almost Crashed. Here’s How They Dodged It
Two Satellites Almost Crashed. Here’s How They Dodged It
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
February 14, 20196m 44s
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Show Notes
The first alert came on January 27. Two small satellites, whirling through Earth's low orbits, had “the potential for a conjunction.” Those are the words Major Cody Chiles, spokesperson for the Joint Force Space Component Command, uses to mean "the chance of a collision." The satellites, one from a company called Capella Space and the other from Spire Global, could smack into each other.
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