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My great concern is that satellite fission may cascade, enveloping the Earth in a debris cloud and taking away access to space.
by akimball 8y ago
My great concern is that satellite fission may cascade, enveloping the Earth in a debris cloud and taking away access to space.
- craftyguy 8y agoAKA Kessler syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome
- orbital-decay 8y agoKessler syndrome is not a big concern for GEO, which is quite a "lazy", well organized and sparsely populated orbit where high relative velocities are rare, compared to highly crowded synchronous polar orbits, especially the lower ones.
- akimball 8y agoGood point. I infer that any cascade impact from i29e will be felt in lower orbits.