cyranoRussian spy spacecraft have intercepted Europe’s key satellites, officials believe
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talThe problem with kinetic kill anti-satellite weapons is that they create debris clouds. Unless the satellite is at a low altitude and about to de-orbit, that’s generally bad.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome
en.wikipedia.org/…/List_of_space_debris_producing…
Top debris creation events, August 2024
#1: Fengyun-1C 2007 3,549 fragments Intentional collision (ASAT)
EDIT: And apparently that debris cloud from that anti-satellite weapon test is believed to have taken out a Russian satellite:
en.wikipedia.org/…/2007_Chinese_anti-satellite_mi…
In early 2013, the Russian concept satellite BLITS collided with what is believed to be a piece of debris from Fengyun-1C, was knocked out of its orbit and soon afterwards data retrieval from the satellite ceased.
Kessler is inevitable. Today, no one will cancel satellite launch because others asked them not to. Since humanity is not capable of cooperating we will end up with satellites Cold War. We actually in it already. I’d rather let them learn the hard way and make them all crash, then use it for military advantage. Yeah, some satellites are useful like wildfire monitoring and GNSS, others are either flex or military. Maybe loosing all those useful one will make humanity cooperate and lunch only what really necessary in coordinated and transparent way