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What if your satellite did some more manoeuvres for station keeping, wouldn't you notice the mass difference then?
by dmurray 4y ago
What if your satellite did some more manoeuvres for station keeping, wouldn't you notice the mass difference then?
- lmm 4y agoMaybe. The mass of an explosive could be pretty small compared to the mass of a satellite. And even if you do notice that your (secret military) satellite is slightly heavier than the spec says, what would you do about it?
- matthewdgreen 4y agoHow expensive is it to attach a couple of space-rated external cameras to a modern satellite? This wouldn’t eliminate the threat but it would certainly remove the uncertainty. Presumably once you recognized the threat, then defending against it couldn’t be the hardest problem to solve.