Al-O-Meter
Well-Known Member
China really wants to prove they can do whatever Elon Musk does and have started to build their own Chinese StarLink. Their first launch just happened and instead of deploying the first satellites of the new constellation, the rocket exploded which as caused a debris storm in orbit. The scenario presented in the Sandra Bullock film Gravity is now happening.
www.space.com
Chinese rocket breaks apart after megaconstellation launch, creating cloud of space junk
The Aug. 7 incident created more than 300 pieces of trackable debris.