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by Rovoska 1077 days ago
Trying reading it again. It does no such thing, and instead is a cautionary warning that this will only become more of a problem for future constellations.
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> SpaceX’s satellites move when the probability of a collision is greater than 1 in 100,000, while NASA and other industry firms use a threshold of 1 in 10,000.

The article also implies that the uptick is primarily due to a 15% increase in the size of the installation, which is bit silly.