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If you're hitting it with a rocket the explosion should considerably change the momentum, no? But not that it's really relevant anyway, these things are not cl
by ascar 5y ago
If you're hitting it with a rocket the explosion should considerably change the momentum, no?
But not that it's really relevant anyway, these things are not close to each other at all in this context.
- shlurpy 5y agoHitting it with anything at those speeds causes and explosion. At low earth orbit (LEO) most vectors cause the debris to rapidly deorbit, but a few can cause a slightly raised orbit that could hit things behind it. The problem is, if such a chain reaction does start, it's not likely limited to a single orbital plane like starling, but to destroy every single LEO satellite and make LEO unusable for tens of not hundreds of years.