Starlink satellites performed 148,696 evasive maneuvers between June 1 and November 30, 2025 to avoid collisions with other satellites or space debris. This is stated in a report filed by Elon Musk's company SpaceX with the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
According to the South China Morning Post, the document lists the 20 most dangerous objects in orbit for Starlink satellites, thus requiring a change in orbit. In particular, just one of them accounted for 1,143 evasions in six months.
World experts note an alarming trend: in the future, the situation in orbit will become even more complicated as more and more spacecraft from different countries are launched. Competition among supersatellites to power the global Internet poses a threat.
Meanwhile, the US FCC recently approved SpaceX's deployment of an additional 7,500 second-generation Starlink satellites. This will bring their number to 15,000. The FCC said in a statement that this expansion will enable SpaceX to deliver high-speed, low-latency Internet worldwide, including improved cellular and additional coverage from space. RIA Novosti).
Launch of half of the satellites must be carried out before December 1, 2028. Complete – before December 2031. There are currently 9,400 satellites in orbit. And according to information on the SpaceX Telegram channel, the company has launched 3,180 devices in the past year.
A moment of revelation. In 2026, SpaceX will begin lowering the orbit of Starlink satellites from their current altitude of about 550 km to 480 km. As SpaceX Vice President of Starlink Engineering Michael Nicholls previously said, the decision is aimed at improving safety in crowded low Earth orbit. According to him, the reconfiguration process will affect all satellites operating at the highest level and will be completed in phases within a year.
Experts say SpaceX is making this move precisely because of growing concerns about orbital congestion caused by the active deployment of thousands of satellites for broadband Internet access, communications and Earth observation.
The issue of space junk is also becoming increasingly hot. According to various estimates, a “garbage dump” of used vehicles, debris and debris with a total mass of more than seven thousand tons is currently flying above our heads. This is the weight of a train carrying more than 70 cars! There are more than 1 million space objects in near-Earth orbit that are 1 cm or larger in size. And by 2030, their number will increase at least one and a half times.
