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The European Space Agency has modified the orientation of a satellite in order to monitor the wind and the atmosphere in order to avoid a possible collision with a satellite of the constellation "Space X" to provide an Internet service.
"For the first time on Monday, we performed a maneuver to protect the Aylos satellite from a collision with one of the Starlink satellite satellites," said the European Space Agency.
"As the number of satellites in orbit increases, especially because of the massive constellations of hundreds or even thousands of satellites, it will be necessary to entrust artificial intelligence with the task of avoiding collisions, "the statement said.
Starlink currently has 62 satellites in Earth orbit, but Elon Musk, president of SpiceX, plans to launch 12,000 of them to provide broadband Internet access to the world.
The European Union said it conducted 28 maneuvers to avoid collisions in 2018 "due to an inoperative satellite or previous collision fragments".
As space debris of all types, estimated at more than 20 pieces in Earth orbit, is increasing, ESA intends to ask its member states to step up their space security efforts in the near future. a ministerial meeting in November 2019 in Seville.
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