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collisions can easily push things into higher orbits.
by throwaway2048 5y ago
collisions can easily push things into higher orbits.
- aidenn0 5y agoI'm not a rocket scientist, but this seems unlikely; sure two large satellites colliding could create smaller debris with a much higher apogee, but it seems to me that the perigee would not increase, so it would still spend a significant fraction of its orbit in atmospheric drag.
- throwaway2048 5y agobut could easily collide with something at apogee, especially if the collision lead to a cascading style kessler syndrome event.