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Spacecraft from Chinese launch nearly slammed into Starlink satellite, SpaceX says


"As far as we know, no coordination or deconfliction with existing satellites operating in space was performed, resulting in a 200 meter close approach between one of the deployed satellites and STARLINK-6079 (56120) at 560 km altitude."

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