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1.) I don't know of any ASAT missile that can hit satellites in GEO. Because, 2.) All reconnaissance satellites are in much lower orbits. GEO is 35,786km. Huan
by sbierwagen 6y ago
1.) I don't know of any ASAT missile that can hit satellites in GEO. Because,
2.) All reconnaissance satellites are in much lower orbits. GEO is 35,786km. Huanjing, PRC's military radar sats, are at 650km. USA-234 is at 1,107km.
- jeffbee 6y agoUSA's big demonstration of its anti-satellite capability was at only 250km. Sandbagged, perhaps, but we don't know. Again I feel it is much, much more likely that both sides will simply try to take over the other side's space assets, rather than using kinetic anti-satellite weapons that litter space with tiny chunks of garbage.