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To: marcher who wrote (196122)	2/11/2023 1:45:35 AM
From: TobagoJack	1 Recommendation Recommended By marcher Respond to of 217860

Re <<more funny biz in space>> very interesting either a blowback for the air traffic hack in N America a few weeks ago, or depending of orbit of the debris field, a de-starlinks move

To: marcher who wrote (196122)

2/11/2023 2:09:33 AM

From: TobagoJack

Respond to of 217860

Turns out to be ambiguous ... very interesting new development

A Russian satellite has broken into pieces, littering debris in space
phys.org

“This satellite has had a curious history. Russia quietly launched KOSMOS 2499 on May 23, 2014. But tracking indicated the satellite performed unusual maneuvers, leading some to speculate that it may be an experimental anti-satellite weapon, satellite maintenance vehicle, or collector of space debris."

The happening is not Russia targeting Starlinks, because the altitude of KOSMOS is 700 miles, 2+X that of Starlinks (350 miles altitude), but does make it harder for folks to put stuff at attitudes higher than that of the debris field. The happening is also not immediately bothersome to space stations (400 miles). However, the happening is not-good for military satellites (22,000 miles altitude for the geosynchronous nuclear defence gadgets) refill. The debris field bothers the actions to put up new/replacement satellites should the older ones get taken down.

Probably nothing, but can get very exciting in a hurry.

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