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Didnt russia cause a lot of debris due to one of their tests and endanger the ISS crew ?
by mgoetzke 8mo ago
Didnt russia cause a lot of debris due to one of their tests and endanger the ISS crew ?
- Rebelgecko 8mo agoTheir test was in a low-ish orbit so most of the debris is gone now. I haven't looked at stats lately but I'd guess the #1 source of debris in space right now is still the Chinese ASAT test which threw a bunch of crap into Medium Earth Orbit. Before that, the main source of debris was leaking coolant from some nuclear reactors the Soviet sent up
- atonse 8mo agoYeah I just watched my own video and was surprised to see exactly that. Because I remember reading somewhere else years ago that an ideal anti-satellite weapon would either de-orbit a satellite (like bumping it off orbit so it burns up) or use some kind of net/capture to push it off orbit, rather than blow it up. Now this is going to have to be a rabbit hole for me (and some AI) this weekend.