▲ 254 ▼ Russia and China Develop Joint Plan to Counter Starlink; It Involves Physical Destruction of Satellites (militarnyi.com) submitted 1 month ago by EatingOnions@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 84 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 month ago (1 child) Blowing up satellites turns it from 1 bit of space junk into thousands... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CorporalCookie@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago (2 children) They're so low they'll just burn up permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 1 point 1 month ago Eventually, doesn't it still take a while though? permalink fedilink source parent [–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 1 month ago* 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CorporalCookie@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago (2 children) They're so low they'll just burn up permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 1 point 1 month ago Eventually, doesn't it still take a while though? permalink fedilink source parent [–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 1 month ago* 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 1 point 1 month ago Eventually, doesn't it still take a while though? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 1 month ago* 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. permalink fedilink source parent