SpaceX 在一系列与 Starlink 网络险些相撞的事件后，公开批评了竞争对手的卫星发射公司。周二发布的一篇博客文章中，埃隆·马斯克的火箭公司警告称，那些不共享卫星轨道数据的运营商，正在地球轨道上进行一场危险的“斗鸡游戏”。SpaceX 目前在轨运行约 11,000 颗 Starlink 卫星，该公司表示，今年该卫星互联网网络已发生约 650 次潜在的近距离碰撞事件，其中一半的卫星并未共享其位置信息。
SpaceX is calling out rival satellite launchers after a series of near-miss collisions with its Starlink network. In a blog post published on Tuesday, Elon Musk's rocket company warned that operators who don't share their satellites' trajectories are playing a dangerous game of chicken in Earth's orbit. SpaceX, which has around 11,000 Starlink satellites in orbit, said that the satellite internet network has had potential near-miss collisions with about 650 satellites this year, half of which did not share their position.
在博客文章中，SpaceX 特别指出两次尤为危险的险情。8 月，其一颗卫星曾与另一颗卫星的距离接近至 134 米，当时 Starlink 卫星被迫将天线阵列调整至“刀刃状轮廓”，以避开邻星突然改变方向造成的威胁。SpaceX 还表示，2025 年 10 月，一颗 Starlink 卫星险些与另一物体相撞，因为该物体改变了轨道，使其原本会经过 Starlink 中继卫星 57 米以内。
In its blog post, SpaceX flagged two particularly dangerous near-misses. In August, one of its satellites came within 134 meters of another satellite, with the Starlink satellite forced to rotate its arrays to a "knife-edge profile" to duck out of the way of its neighbor after it unexpectedly changed direction. SpaceX said a Starlink satellite narrowly missed another object in October 2025, after the other satellite changed its trajectory to put it on a path that would have passed within 57 meters of the Starlink relay.
然而，当其他运营商在不共享包含发动机点火预测轨道数据的情况下进行机动时，我们就无法降低风险。这是近地轨道（LEO）中最大的风险。SpaceX 会公开其 Starlink 卫星的轨道数据，但并非所有运营商都这样做，而该公司指出，这种数据缺失正在增加发生灾难性碰撞的风险。多年来，天文学家一直警告称，轨道上物体数量的增加，可能导致卫星碰撞失控级联，形成碎片云，使地球轨道的部分区域无法使用，甚至完全阻断人类进入太空的通道。
However, we cannot mitigate risk when another operator maneuvers without sharing a predicted trajectory that includes the burn. This is the biggest risk in LEO SpaceX makes data on the trajectories of its Starlink satellites publicly available, but not every operator does, and the company said these gaps are increasing the risk of a catastrophic collision. Astronomers have for years warned that the growing number of objects in orbit increases the risk of a runaway cascade of satellite collisions, creating a cloud of debris that could make some parts of Earth's orbit unusable or even block humanity's access to space entirely.
在博客文章中，SpaceX 表示，其 Starlink 网络在过去六个月中已观测到约 164,000 次潜在的近距离碰撞事件。
In its blog post, SpaceX said that its Starlink network had observed around 164,000 potential near-miss collisions over the past six months.
该公司表示，他们已联系其他运营商，提醒其注意碰撞筛查中的缺陷，其中一些缺陷在SpaceX通知之前，这些运营商甚至并不知情。这并非SpaceX首次批评太空中的空间不足问题。今年1月，星舰发射器表示将转移约4400颗星链卫星以降低碰撞风险，此前几个月曾发生过与九颗中国卫星的近距离擦肩事件。根据SpaceX公布的数据，今年与星链发生近距离接触且未共享轨道数据的卫星中，绝大多数来自中国。
The company said that it had reached out to other operators to alert them of flaws in their collision screening, some of which they were not aware of until SpaceX informed them. It's not the first time SpaceX has railed against a lack of space in space. The Starship launcher said in January it would move around 4,400 Starlink satellites to reduce the risk of collisions, months after a near-miss with nine Chinese satellites. According to data published by SpaceX, the vast majority of satellites that had close encounters with Starlink this year, which did not share their trajectory data, originated in China.
过去，SpaceX也曾因星链卫星的轨道问题而面临投诉。2021年，中国向联合国投诉称，两颗星链卫星险些与中国的天宫空间站发生碰撞。SpaceX正为大规模扩展星链网络做准备，而星链目前已经是全球最大、遥遥领先的卫星星座。埃隆·马斯克表示，这家火箭巨头计划在未来几年内发射多达10万颗星链卫星，以及多达100万个轨道数据中心。
SpaceX has also faced complaints in the past about the orbits of its Starlink satellites. In 2021, China complained to the United Nations that two Starlink satellites had nearly collided with the country's Tiangong space station. SpaceX is gearing up to massively expand Starlink, which is already the world's largest satellite constellation by far. Elon Musk has said the rocket giant plans to launch up to 100,000 Starlink satellites and as many as one million orbital data centers in the coming years.