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by badhabit 1992 days ago
how do satelite companies ensure there's no debris in each satelite's spot in space before launch ?
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The US monitor a lot of the tiny chunks flying around and predicts where they go. Worst case the satellite has to flight an evasive maneuver. Usually it's a false alarm, but we can't measure well enough to make perfect predictions.

I think they do it with radar right now and the future cloud would be lasers, especially for more accurate measures of things already flagged as dangerous. I might mix things up here though.