pollute near-Earth space for this is a rhetorical question," said Andrei Ionin.

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According to him, the Earth's orbit belongs to all of humanity, but individual companies use it on an industrial scale for business purposes. At the same time, there is no hong kong whatsapp resource international regulation of this new area of ​​commercial activity. "For example, Elon Musk's company already has Starlink communications satellites in orbit, the number of which is greater than that of the rest of humanity. And Jeff Bezos's company plans to do the same. By the way, why do Musk and Bezos need so many satellites - there is no market answer, because their systems complement ground operators, and do not compete with them," Andrey Ionin recalled.

According to him, the number of emergency situations when satellites are forced to change orbit to avoid collisions with each other is constantly growing. Thus, according to the US Federal Communications Commission, Starlink satellites make 140 collision avoidance maneuvers per day. "One unsuccessful avoidance can lead to a chain reaction called the "Kessler effect", forever making near space above 500 km unsuitable for further use. Therefore, I believe that before adopting international regulation of the commercial use of the space sector, it is necessary to sharply limit or even completely ban the deployment of new or expansion of existing space systems with hundreds and thousands of satellites at altitudes above 500 km, including the systems of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. Below 500 km, orbits "self-clean" from inoperative devices and other space debris in up to a year due to braking against the upper layers of the Earth's atmosphere. But above 500 km, objects will fly around the planet for decades and hundreds of years," the expert noted.

Andrey Ionin also advocated for the creation of international rules for the use of outer space, primarily commercial, and the introduction of legal and financial liability for their violation. "Neither Elon Musk nor Jeff Bezos will be punished if their satellites collide and close space to humanity. The Starlink accident will be worse than Chernobyl in terms of global consequences for humanity," Andrey Ionin recalled.