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I assume the answer is 'no', but did NK liaise in anyway with the international body that governs orbital slots for satellites, or is it irrelevant for this orb
by jimmcslim 11y ago
I assume the answer is 'no', but did NK liaise in anyway with the international body that governs orbital slots for satellites, or is it irrelevant for this orbit (or likely to deorbit in a few months anyway).
I'm not sure what is more likely; an NK that goes all first strike, or gets a bit too ambitious in launching satellites without participating in the appropriate international processes and triggers a Kessler Syndrome event in Earth orbit.
- cperciva 11y agodeorbit in a few months anyway This makes me think of a movie plot: A rogue nation is suspected of preparing an ICBM launch, but moments after launch it becomes clear that the trajectory will take the payload into orbit and the world breathes a sigh of relief. That is, until a spy discovers that the satellite contains a nuclear weapon and is designed to deorbit a few months later and land in Washington DC...
- JshWright 11y agoThat would be well into sci-fi movie plot territory though... The atmosphere is far too variable to predict a specific deorbit point months in advance.
- theGimp 11y agoNot if you include a thruster :)
- mikeash 11y agoYou've reinvented fractional orbital bombardment: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractional_Orbital_Bombardment_System https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractional_Orbital_Bombardme...
- cperciva 11y agoAs far as "bad science" movie plot holes go, I don't think this would even be on the list.
- saulrh 11y agoAlso, the movie would end anticlimactically about thirty minutes after the discovery as the offending satellite orbits too close to a US Navy missile cruiser and gets blown out of the sky. :P
- cperciva 11y agoNo, there would be a plot twist where the US military threatens to shoot down the satellite, but the hero would stop them from doing this at the last minute due to the threat supposedly posed by having radioactive material raining down on half of the planet. ;-)
- saulrh 11y agoheaddesk
- 13of40 11y agoThis is a good read if you're interested in that sort of thing: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_bombardment https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_bombardment
- ctdonath 11y agoMore like that payload detonates over the USA, causing an EMP that fries high tech electronics, subsequently killing millions. That one is called "One Second After", a good read.
- dghughes 11y agoThese things always seem to land in Canada if I had it I'd bet $100 it's going to come down on my house.
- grubles 11y agoThis is what they were talking about on Fox News earlier today.
- wrigby 11y agoOrbital slots apply mostly to geostationary spacecraft, which this is not. It is far too low for geo orbit. I'm not sure how LEO is regulated, but very few commercial spacecraft would be affected by this bird. The only commercial craft that I can think of down there are the satellites that make up the Iridium constellation.
- jackgavigan 11y agoIt is irrelevant for this orbit. The ITU assigns slots for geostationary orbits but you don't have to get permission to put a satellite into a non-GSO. Countries are, however, expected to notify the ITU of their intentions so that the ITU can disseminate that information to the rest of the world and coordinate to avoid any problems (this is more to do with radio frequencies than avoiding physical collisions). North Korea notified the ITU a few days before the launch but the information provided was incomplete (they didn't include the frequencies the satellite will be using). They expect it to have a four year life, by the way.
- jsprogrammer 11y ago>they didn't include the frequencies the satellite will be using According the the article, the satellite has made no detectable transmissions.
- jackgavigan 11y agoYeah but it's supposed to. At least according to the North Koreans.
- jsprogrammer 11y agoAh, do you have a link to the information/application/announcement submitted?
- jackgavigan 11y agoNo, it was reported in the news[1] with the caveat that the information provided was incomplete and the suggestion that the ITU would need to wait until full/complete info was provided before they would publish it to their members. 1: http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=3014767 http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.asp...
- dfc 11y agoWhat is the question you are answering no to?