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What is the chance of getting hit by further broken pieces of that satellite and other satellites? When calculating risk, you have to take into account how man
by throw4950sh06 2y ago
What is the chance of getting hit by further broken pieces of that satellite and other satellites?
When calculating risk, you have to take into account how many are there and what is the chance that any will be hit. Then you have to calculate what's the chance this will happen again, etc - and only then you can calculate the risk to your own satellite.
It's true that the chance of getting hit by one broken satellite is small. But that assumes there are exactly 2 things on the orbit.
- ethbr1 2y agoAka Kessler syndrome [0] or neutron flux / cross-section (and associated equations, if you want to model it that way) [1]. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_flux https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_flux
- throw4950sh06 2y agoThat's if the risk comes out at 100%, but there's some space below that.