New 'CRASH Clock' Warns of 2.8-Day Window Before Likely Orbital Collision

December 16, 2025

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Gizmodo

The CRASH Clock is a new metric for measuring the risks of satellite congestion in low-Earth orbit. Its calculations are disturbing.

Last week, a Chinese spacecraft passed within just 655 feet (200 meters) of a Starlink satellite, narrowly avoiding a collision. According to a new study, such near misses are now happening all the time in low-Earth orbit, and the risk of disaster is... [3369 chars]

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