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Even without self-destruct, a satellite not programmed to be captured could simply fire some thrusters if it detects an orbit change, and that would likely make
by gregoriol 6y ago
Even without self-destruct, a satellite not programmed to be captured could simply fire some thrusters if it detects an orbit change, and that would likely make some big dammage inside the capturing shuttle.
- geomark 6y agoAs part of just normal station keeping it might do that.
- yencabulator 6y agoThat's typically ion thrusters, isn't it? That's very low mass at very high speed, and would probably take hours to even leave scorch mark. It would feel like a slow breeze. Of course, military use could do something different, but that's more along the lines of "pack a kilogram of explosives in a pipe bomb".
- jacobush 6y agoHydrazine thrusters more likely. Ion thrusters are novel.