Starlink satellites have caused half of the near-collisions in orbit, and that percentage is poised to grow.

Road Rage

Starlink, Elon Musk’s still-growing constellation made up of thousands of SpaceX satellites whizzing around the planet, is turning out to be something of a space menace. Especially to other satellite operators.

The satellites are responsible for half of the near-misses in orbit, according to research by Hugh Lewis, head of the University of Southampton’s Astronautics Research Group. Near misses happen when two spacecraft or satellites pass within 0.6 miles of one another. Lewis told Live Science that a near miss involving a Starlink satellite happens 1,600 times per week — a number that Lewis expects to grow as SpaceX continues to saturate the night sky.

M.A.D.

Right now, SpaceX is a bi