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"This happened, for example, after Russia deliberately destroyed a satellite in November 2021 as part of a surprise anti-satellite test that other countries (in
by Oarch 2y ago
"This happened, for example, after Russia deliberately destroyed a satellite in November 2021 as part of a surprise anti-satellite test that other countries (including the United States) condemned".
Funny they singled out Russia. From Wikipedia:
"...a few countries (China, India, Russia, and the United States) have successfully shot down their own satellites to demonstrate their ASAT capabilities in a show of force."
- dylan604 2y agothe "for example" is the bit in the first quoted sentence to make it weird. if the debris is directly from the most recent Russian "test", then it would be right to call it out.
- wil421 2y agoChina shot a satellite from the ground.[1] Sometime after the US destroyed a satellite from a Navy ship [2]. Before these times the US did it from an F-15.[3] [1]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Chinese_anti-satellite_missile_test https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Chinese_anti-satellite_... [2]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Burnt_Frost#:~:text=The%20launch%20occurred%20on%2021,and%20successfully%20completed%20its%20mission https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Burnt_Frost#:~:tex.... [3]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Solwind&diffonly=true https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Solwind&diffonl...
- nick12r55t1 2y agoThat ASM-135 is probably the coolest thing I've read about all week
- crubier 2y agoIt depends on the orbit of the targeted satellite. If all debris are going to be at low altitude, reentering quickly and not crossing busy orbits, it’s fine. If debris are going to cross highly congested orbits often and for a long time, it’s bad. IIRC the Russian test was pretty bad in that regard
- surfingdino 2y agoOther countries generally try to limit potential impact on other high-value objects that might be affected by such tests, Russians don't care.
- pdabbadabba 2y agoIt was a Russian satellite that broke up as it passed over Russian territory.
- pavel_lishin 2y agoSpecifically, the bit that might be the launch site for anti-satellite weaponry.
- brookst 2y agoThe word "surprise" might have relevance.