Cascading satellite collisions could make the sky look like 'a snow globe within a couple of hours of sunrise or sunset.'
SpaceX has launched swarms of satellites into low Earth orbit. They will soon be joined by Amazon's Project Kuiper satellite constellation, which will be launched thanks to the "largest commercial procurement of launch vehicles in history.
The original document was released in 2019, the same year the SSC was founded. The organization is a coalition of 48 commercial and government-owned organizations focused on improving the safety and sustainability of the space industry. The new guidelines build on existing rules around space operations. They suggest that spacecraft operators freely exchange information regarding potential collisions and that collision avoidance maneuver technologies should be a prerequisite for new spacecraft. Though the SSC's guidelines aren't enforceable by law, they serve as a guideline for best practices in space. Some would argue that these guidelines should be strictly enforced.To date, no massive collision has occurred in orbit.
Lawler told IE that these pieces of debris would be almost impossible to remove from orbit as a cleanup operation would be akin to "collecting bullets". The effect could leave the sky like a "snow globe within a couple of hours of sunrise or sunset."
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