Russia moves possible anti-satellite near another satellite used by Ukraine(bsky.app)
4 pointsby ck239 minutes ago2 comments
  • rolph25 minutes ago
    when you get right down to it, any satellite, can be an anti-satellite if there is a disparity of value with respect to investment, and risk.

    that means, a game of demo derby with a satellite near its deorbiting window anyway, is efficient, vs launching a weapons platform to start taking potshots, or spraying tetsubishi in orbit.

    • AnimalMuppet8 minutes ago
      Space is pretty big. Satellites are pretty small. Actually engineering a collision, if the satellite was not designed for it, may not be as easy as you think.
    • ck26 minutes ago
      yup they could take any sat that's expired and ready to deorbit and just reuse it for destruction

      > a series of manoeuvers by Kosmos2612 starting on Sept 30 were clearly designed to bring the two objects very close and synchronise their orbital periods, orbital altitude and eccentricity

      so it's been in planning for a few weeks now

      considering the SAR is US owned, that's going to be interesting politically if it suddenly stops responding

      ISS has to move out of the way of debris a few times a year now, imagine what that's going to be like next decade