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Right now the economics for this don't add up. The risk of collision is quite low compared to launching "extra" satellites with the sole purpose of finding and
by dr_orpheus 6y ago
Right now the economics for this don't add up. The risk of collision is quite low compared to launching "extra" satellites with the sole purpose of finding and tracking another satellite. It is also much more difficult to target an arbitrary piece of debris. If the incoming debris is in a similar orbit (both altitude and inclination) then it requires less fuel to be able track and find it. If the incoming debris/satellite is in a different orbital plane it requires a huge amount of fuel in order to change orbital inclination [0]
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_inclination_change https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_inclination_change