Elon Musk denies SpaceX satellites are blocking space in wake of Chinese complaints about Tiangong’s near miss

Beijing lodged a protest at the UN, saying its space station had been forced to take evasive action to avoid a collision with one of Musk’s satellites. Tesla boss insists there is room for ‘tens of billions’ of spacecraft to orbit the earth and ‘we’ve not blocked anyone from doing anything’. — SCMP

Elon Musk has rejected claims that SpaceX’s satellites are taking up too much room after China complained its Tiangong space station had suffered two near-misses.

The Tesla founder told the Financial Times that there is room for “tens of billions” of spacecraft to orbit the earth, adding: “This is not some situation where we’re effectively blocking others in any way. We’ve not blocked anyone from doing anything, nor do we expect to.”