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SSA Impact on Space Systems Engineering

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Why Africa Must Track the Sky and the Sun: Lessons from Starlink's Losses
SSA Impact on Space Systems Engineering

Why Africa Must Track the Sky and the Sun: Lessons from Starlink's Losses

The 2022 Starlink Losses In February 2022, SpaceX launched 49 Starlink satellites into a low checkout orbit near 210 km. A day later, a moderate geomagnetic storm arrived and heated the upper atmosphere enough to raise drag by roughly 50 per cent or more at those altitudes. Up to 40
01 Oct 2026 5 min read
SSA in Action: How Satellites Avoid Colliding With Each Other
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SSA in Action: How Satellites Avoid Colliding With Each Other

There are no traffic lights in orbit, so how does anyone know when two satellites are about to collide? A Sky With No Traffic Rules Anyone who has driven through a busy junction knows the basic idea of avoiding a collision. You see the other car coming, you judge its
10 Sep 2026 8 min read
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