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minus-squareHerbGrower@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agoBlowing up satellites turns it from 1 bit of space junk into thousands…
minus-squareCorporalCookie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoThey’re so low they’ll just burn up
minus-squareHerbGrower@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoEventually, doesn’t it still take a while though?
minus-squareCorporalCookie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days agoWith the compressed gas actively keeping them in orbit they’re only expected to have a 5 year lifespan before they deorbit. Unpowered, they’d probably deorbit in about a year or so
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 months agoDepends what new orbit a given piece of junk is in. It could be mostly higher, only approaching the old one at it’s semiminor axis. It’s not as bad as blowing up a higher satellite, but most antisatellite weapons try to capture rather than destroy to avoid the question entirely.
Blowing up satellites turns it from 1 bit of space junk into thousands…
They’re so low they’ll just burn up
Eventually, doesn’t it still take a while though?
With the compressed gas actively keeping them in orbit they’re only expected to have a 5 year lifespan before they deorbit. Unpowered, they’d probably deorbit in about a year or so
Depends what new orbit a given piece of junk is in. It could be mostly higher, only approaching the old one at it’s semiminor axis.
It’s not as bad as blowing up a higher satellite, but most antisatellite weapons try to capture rather than destroy to avoid the question entirely.