SpaceX satellite narrowly missed Chinese lab before complaint
A pair of dangerously close space encounters is adding to tensions between the U.S. and China, while underscoring the potential peril to astronauts as satellite constellations and debris proliferate in orbit.
Julie Johnsson
Two SpaceX satellites had near misses with China's space station earlier this year -- one of them within 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) -- in the latest sign of dangerous overcrowding in low earth orbit.
In both instances, the orbiting lab made evasive maneuvers to avoid the Starlink satellites operated by Elon Musk's space venture. The margin for a near-miss…
