China infuriated by Musk satellites: “US respects responsibility in space”

China has asked the United Nations to remind the United States of its responsibilities in space, enraged that it has twice taken steps to avoid a collision between its space station and the satellites launched by Elon Musk. This was confirmed today by the spokesman of the Foreign Ministry, Zhao Lijian, stating that it was communicated to the UN on 3 December that the US is not respecting its obligations relating to the Outer Space Treaty. According to “The Independent”, in a report presented earlier this month to a UN commission, China denounced the fact that the Starlink satellites, launched by the Musk SpaceX company, almost collided with the station. Chinese spacecraft Tiangong last July and October. The station, the report specifies, was forced to take “preventive measures” during these two “close encounters”. Beijing therefore asks the UN that states “have international responsibility” for activities in space. Space X has so far launched 1,600 satellites into space and has obtained permission from the US Federal Communications Commission to launch 12,000. Before the confirmation of Beijing’s protest against the United States, in recent days there had been a lot of criticism on Chinese social networks to Musk for the story of the satellites, with real announcements to “boycott Tesla”, the electric car that made the his luck. “It is ironic that the Chinese buy the Tesla, contributing large sums of money to the possibility of Musk launching Starlink so that it almost collides with the Chinese space station,” writes one of the angry users.