Commentary The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) accused SpaceX’s Starlink satellites for endangering China’s space station on two occasions last year, but the United States refuted its claims. Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk. Beijing submitted a diplomatic correspondence to the United Nations last December, which claimed that the Chinese Space Station experienced two close encounters with SpaceX Starlink satellites in July (Starlink-1095) and October (Starlink-2305) of last year. And “for safety reasons, the China Space Station implemented preventive collision avoidance control” measures. On Jan. 28, 2022, the United States sent a note verbale to the U.N. Secretary-General, which refuted the CCP’s claims and laid out the U.S. framework to ensure the safety of spaceflight. The dispute continued as the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Zhao Lijian, said at a press briefing on Feb. 10, 2022, that the United States is “shirking responsibility.” Given the information …