[Interview] How Do Satellites NOT Crash. And How Can We Keep It That Way?

As we put more and more satellites in orbit, chances of them colliding also increase. How can we manage that? How can we make sure that Kessler syndrome won't happen and keep all those satellites from destroying each other? Finding out in this interview.

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🟣 Guest: Dr. Sydney Dolan

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00:00 Intro

01:38 How satellites avoid collisions

08:11 Close calls

11:20 Detecting and modelling collisions

20:28 Understanding orbits

25:28 Autonomy

32:18 Current obsessions

36:43 Bonus part

37:41 More interviews

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