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  • Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It would be a real shame if some random “debris” knocked it out of orbit. A real shame.

    A sattelite is only as good as your ability to maintain it.

    • AphoticDev@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      Knocking things around in orbit is a terrible idea that only adds to the current near crisis we have with space junk. So yes, it would be a real shame if something messed with the orbit of any satellite, one that could cost hundreds of millions in damages or even loss of life.

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        1 year ago

        Was it China that destroyed a satellite in orbit and everyone got mad because it flung so much shit at other satellites

    • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 year ago

      We don’t need anymore anti satellite missile demonstrations. It makes way too damn much space debris.