[Interview] How Do Satellites NOT Crash. And How Can We Keep It That Way?

As we put more and more satellites in orbit, chances of them colliding also increase. How can we manage that? How can we make sure that Kessler syndrome won't happen and keep all those satellites from destroying each other? Finding out in this interview. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 🟣 Guest: Dr. Sydney Dolan https://sydneyidolan.com/ 00:00 Intro 01:38 How satellites avoid collisions 08:11 Close calls 11:20 Detecting and modelling collisions 20:28 Understanding orbits 25:28 Autonomy 32:18 Current obsessions 36:43 Bonus part 37:41 More interviews 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/D9Jf41w1ChI 📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 📩 CONTACT FRASER [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast