Satellites collide in space
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Is that the equivalent of a crash between a Bugatti Veyron and an unroadworthy 1984 Land Rover 4x4? :~ Surely it wouldn't be hard to equip all satelites with a decomission function. I imagine it would only take a small burst of thrust to send it towards earth's atmosphere where it would vaporise :confused:
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actually it would take a fairly large amount of fuel with a conventional engine to deorbit it. Most current LEO sats do have a small engine to kick that's used to kick them to a higher, unused orbital area. That only works if they're decomissioned instead of failing in orbit. Once they become more mature mounting ion drives and shoving them out of orbit entirely might be an option.
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Richard Andrew x64 wrote:
The number of objects in orbit that need to be tracked has just risen by several thousand!
Here is what an optimist would say: The number of objects in orbit that need to be tracked has just reduced by two! :)
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The scary thing here is a cascade effect. So two satellites crash…big deal. Now the debris field scatters and collides with another satellite, causing more debris. This cascades until there isn’t a safe place to put a satellite, or space station, or a space ship. The human race could be trapped on the Earth by space junk. NASA is investigating how to remove the space junk, but right now nothing is feasible.
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So.....who's working on shield technology? Looks like it will be in high demand. Or what about a space vaccuum (no pun intended) to suck all this little stuff up?
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You were probably joking, but I just wanted to point out that the concept of "sucking" does not exist in space.
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You were probably joking, but I just wanted to point out that the concept of "sucking" does not exist in space.
So much for the space porn inudstry! :) Guess we'll have to use a good old fashioned broom and dustpan instead.
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It was bound to happen sooner or later. That poses another question, I wonder if anything, significant has been hit by space debris? There's a lot of junk up there! Mike
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Maybe they should contact that company Waste Management...and better yet why aren't there any environmental groups in an uproar because of space junk... sorta like save the planet, but instead save space... ooo the government can come up with a committee spend billions... but in reality, it was probably a Russian satellite that was trying to take out an American spy satellite.
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Maybe they should contact that company Waste Management...and better yet why aren't there any environmental groups in an uproar because of space junk... sorta like save the planet, but instead save space... ooo the government can come up with a committee spend billions... but in reality, it was probably a Russian satellite that was trying to take out an American spy satellite.
SJPA - Space Junk Protection Agency Yeah thats it Mike
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