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> Not enough, they should be require to fix their mistake by sending out another Satellite to either retrieve it or push it out where it was indented to be. Se
by mcpackieh 3y ago
> Not enough, they should be require to fix their mistake by sending out another Satellite to either retrieve it or push it out where it was indented to be.
Seems like a plan with a bad risk/reward ratio. Right now the satellite isn't where it's supposed to be, but neither is it directly in the way of other geostationary satellites. But if you send up another satellite to deliberately interface with this one and move both up, you risk something going wrong and either getting stuck with two satellites in that position, or worse, both crashing into each other and making a huge mess. It's probably better to wait until the technology for grappling satellites in space is mature. This is presently an active area of research and development (OSAM), so a bit of patience should pay off.