Starlink · SpaceX · Elon Musk · U.S. · Datacenter Dynamics
SpaceX’s Starlink encourages every satellite operator to share data with Stargaze service, for safety
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Elon Musk's Starlink satellite unit has called for more space operators to share tracking data to reduce potential in-orbit crashes.
Key facts
- On December 9, 2025, a Starlink satellite passed within 200 meters of a satellite launched by China from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert
- In 2026, Starlink reports its constellation encountered conjunctions with 650 “unique third-party satellites,” only half of which shared ephemeris, and around 164,000 near-miss events in the last six
- Not so lucky was Starlink-2140, which had insufficient lead time to fully mitigate a near miss with yet another interloper in LEO in August
- Since the Cold War, operators have agreed that a shared international platform about satellite trajectories would be required for proper safety, a task the United Nations or trade associations like
Summary
In early October, satellite broadband provider Starlink, a SpaceX company, released more information about its Stargaze situational awareness data project, which aims to share satellite pathing information for “free to all satellite operators.” The initiative aims to map Earth’s orbits, as a space intelligence platform does, and issue certain information to its participants regarding potential conjunctions. “Not sharing satellite maneuvers ahead of time can result in dangerous close approaches that would otherwise have been easy to avoid,” Starlink’s statement reads. It appears Stargaze, which was announced in February, now also referred to as Space-Safety.com, will compile a proprietary map of all satellites, informed by Starlink situational awareness technologies, participating operators that share their data, and space intelligence providers.