Beijing Capitalizes on Elon Musk Satellite Incident for Propaganda Purposes

The manned Shenzhou-12 spacecraft from China's Manned Space Agency onboard the Long March-2F rocket launches with three Chinese astronauts onboard at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, Gansu Province, China, on June 17, 2021. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images

The Chinese regime urged the United States to act responsibly in space on Dec. 28, after its space station was forced to take evasive action to avoid a collision with satellites launched by Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starlink program.

Earlier on the same day, the Chinese state-run Global Times criticized the Starlink program and claimed that the Pentagon had tried to test the Chinese space station’s capability of detecting a potential collision.