Mysterious Russian satellite breaks up in orbit, generating cloud of debris

Feb 9, 2023
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If you want to identify accurate and precisely the orbital maneuver just use the laser sensor. You have it in US.
The mysterious Russian satellite Kosmos 2499 broke apart in early January, and the U.S. Space Force is already 85 pieces of debris from the incident.

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If you want to identify accurate and precisely the orbital maneuver just use the laser sensor. You have it in US.
 
If it wasn’t done intentionally by someone, it could have been a small meteoroid, or more likely orbital debris.
85 trackable objects? That means at least a couple thousand untrackable ones.
 
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It seems like this is a problem for a Space Force. I think some research into a space vacuum would be a good idea. You could use reverse GPS to move a catch vehicle into position, then catch these pieces of junk and remove them from the system. It doesn't seem like it would be that big a deal to achieve working with Space X and maybe using the x37b to raise a mast that could fire a counter burn as it approached and then pull it in and head home. It's gonna have to be done sometime, so now sounds like a time. If I had input in that arena, I would reschedule missions to look at this intercept type before it becomes bumper pool up there with Russian space junk. Kevlar bag on a mast. How big is the piece? What is the velocity and ballistic energy? How strong does the Kevlar bag have to be? Can the x35b carry a mast large enough to do this? Seems like its more of a job for the old shuttle program. Maybe make an old shuttle autonomous. use it for catch missions. Just a thought. Also, maybe look at using some sails between two or more rockets to effectively create a filter for certain high-traffic altitudes.
 
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Ars Technica has 87 comments, 87 people engaging in a discussion of the same topic. Here at Space.com? Two people. Why? Because you've made commenting so cumbersome.

How is it more cumbersome? Also, it should be noted that Ars Technica is more general, thus it has a more general audience, and from a glance it looks like they're mostly commenting jokes, creating conspiracy theories, and debunking said theories. Many of which being duplicates.

For the record, the difference in membership is 478 k VS 33 k. also, this is off-topic.
 

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