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I wonder if those needle clumps that remain in orbit are still useful for communication? The article mentioned that a nuke launch damaged some satellites at the

I wonder if those needle clumps that remain in orbit are still useful for communication? The article mentioned that a nuke launch damaged some satellites at the time. Wouldn't needles also have the advantage that they have no circuits that could be fried from EMPs or radiation? I'm not sure to what extent you can shield satellites today - but it is something to think about.

wumpus 4y ago
No, the clumps were an accident and are useless for communication. The first telecommunications satellite was a balloon in orbit that signals were bounced off of. That would be safe from EMP. But it's not really useful. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balloon_satellite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balloon_satellite