EatingOnions@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 天前Russia and China Develop Joint Plan to Counter Starlink; It Involves Physical Destruction of Satellitesmilitarnyi.comexternal-linkmessage-square85linkfedilinkarrow-up1266arrow-down112
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minus-squareCorporalCookie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·7 天前They’re so low they’ll just burn up
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 天前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.
minus-squareHerbGrower@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 天前Eventually, doesn’t it still take a while though?
They’re so low they’ll just burn up
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.
Eventually, doesn’t it still take a while though?