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You say satellite, I say abandoned hackable missile in orbit. Tomato, tomato.
by motohagiography 3y ago
You say satellite, I say abandoned hackable missile in orbit. Tomato, tomato.
- oh_sigh 3y agoMissiles which may come down in a multiple thousand square mile area(if lucky) are generally not considered useful.
- dingledork69 3y agoI'm sure some modern reincarnation of terrorists would be interested.
- edrxty 3y agoThey aren't that dangerous on the ground due to the reentry process but there are busses out there that could be guided into the ISS if the attacker knew what they were doing.
- golergka 3y agoDoes it have enough propellant to deorbit?
- ta1243 3y agoA GEO one, no chance. It will have enough to change out of GEO to a graveyard orbit, which means it will have enough to shift its position in GEO and collide with another satelite. LEO sure, you don't need to adjust your perigee or even your angle of attack much to change orbit. But then very little from a satellite will reach the ground.