China launched a string of criticism against Musk's internet service company after it was reported that China had lodged a complaint with the United Nations over two near-collisions.
The two incidents on July 1 and October 21 involved satellites from the China Space Station and Starlink Internet Services.
In the first incident, Starlink dropped from an altitude of around 555 km to 382 km. A document posted on the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs website states that a "collision risk" was caused by the drop in altitude. According to the UN notice, the Chinese space station conducted an "evasive maneuver" to avoid a potential collision.
China's space station had to perform an evasive maneuver to avoid a collision with Starlink.
The Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations said there was a risk of a collision between the Starlink-2305 satellite and the China Space Station because the maneuver strategy was unknown.
Musk's satellites were called "space junk" in China by a number of social media users.
The topic of Starlink has been viewed over 900 million times. A Weibo user questioned if Space X's satellites were weapons.
An expert was quoted by the Global Times as saying that SpaceX may be trying to test China's capability and response awareness in space.
According to the UN Outer Space Treaty, China requested that the UN secretary-general remind states that they bear international responsibility for national activities in outer space. Government and non-government bodies carry out activities.
Musk is well-known in China, where his companies have made inroads into the world's largest electric vehicle market. The outspoken tech billionaire has a Weibo account.
On the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party, Musk praised China's economic prosperity.
He said in 2015 that the Chinese government could blow up our satellites if he continued to broadcast uncensored internet to China.
The company did not respond to the request for comment.
