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If we weren't already tracking those decommissioned satellites, would we know they were there?
by hoten 3y ago
If we weren't already tracking those decommissioned satellites, would we know they were there?
- xoa 3y agoYes. Everything in orbit above an extremely small size is tracked. Very important for navigation. And satellites themselves are lenty large enough to be visible with a relatively basic telescope so in that respect actually I was probably too conservative, early astronomers would see them although it would take longer to realize they were artificial, but still long, long before space age. And know there were artificial objects up there would probably change history late 1800s.
- melagonster 3y agoA small object can easily kill everyone in spacecraft. unfortunately, we should track most of garbage in our orbit.