Elon Musk has been attacked by Chinese social media users after his private rocket company SpaceX’s satellites forced him to maneuver the country’s space station twice this year to avoid collisions.

The country’s delegation to the UN lodged a complaint this month Chinese Space Station “Preventive collision prevention control” measures had to be taken in October and July to ensure the safety and life of the astronauts in orbit.

China has said two satellites are moving dangerously out of SpaceX’s Starling Internet network and has been accused of having an unpredictable “maneuver”. Beijing did not say how close the spacecraft collided.

The latest review came a few months later Public relations crisis Muskin Electric, a leading market for Tesla in China, sold one-fifth of the carmaker’s global sales last year.

Car owners Alleged braking problems With Tesla models, a customer wearing a T-shirt with the words “brake malfunction” in front of participants and the media at the Shanghai Auto Show in April was prompted to climb on top of the vehicle.

Some Chinese military bases in Beijing have banned Tesla owners from parking their vehicles inside the entrance areas where employees live, claiming that car cameras pose a security risk. Musk denied that he could use these devices to spy.

Muskin Starling has nearly 1,900 satellites in orbit Up to 12,000 Beam Broadband down to earth.

“Tesla and SpaceX have the same problem, they can not break,” teased a user on the social media site Weibo.

Another Chinese user called Starling “the largest space junk heap in the world.” European professionals warn that expanding Starling project could make it worse Growing problem Space debris, more than 100,000 commercial spacecraft are projected to be in orbit by 2029.

Joseph Ashbacher, Director-General of the European Space Agency, Told the Financial Times This month, the inaction of the continent meant that entrepreneurs “created the rules” for the space economy.

Hu Jijin, a commentator for the nationalist Chinese newspaper Global Times, wrote on Twitter: “Can you explain why Mr Musk’s satellites launched by his Starling project had two close encounters with China’s space station? They’re not there to sell Tesla to Chinese daikonats, are they?

Other Chinese citizens called for Musk to be expelled from China.

Starlink did not immediately respond to a request for comment.