Comments on: Tracking Debris from US Spy Satellite USA 193; Delays to Rocket Launch

By: Another Space Debris Story as ISS Orbit Changed | Vector One

Another Space Debris Story as ISS Orbit Changed | Vector One — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:00:43 +0000

[...] Universe Today reports on the US test that destroyed the US Spy Satellite 193 and resulted in the tracking of 52 pieces of debris flying around in space. [...]

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sun, 11 May 2008 23:50:47 +0000

There are still 16 trackable (bigger than 10 cm) pieces up.

you may watch the development and their position here: http://thomas-wehr.homeip.net/space/earthview-special.php

By: Tony Trenton

Tony Trenton — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:52:54 +0000

Our satelites are vulnerable to our own star's whims. A massive ejection directed at Earth will probably disable most communication satellites.

How will we cleanup the mess then?

We need to have a system of garbage collection & disposal.

Ahh!
Maybe the Mafia will be interested?
There will certainly be a lot of money to be made.

Any Ideas on how this could be done?

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:45:54 +0000

The risk to satellites from the Chinese debris is MUCH WORSE.

http://celestrak.com/cgi-bin/searchSOCRATES.pl?IDENT=NAME&NAME_TEXT=FENGYUN%201C%20DEB&ORDER=MINRANGE&MAX=4000

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:28:58 +0000

http://celestrak.com/cgi-bin/searchSOCRATES.pl?IDENT=NAME&NAME_TEXT=usa%20193%20deb&ORDER=MINRANGE&MAX=250

Many satellites continue to be endangered. See the list. .98KM is MUCH too close.

This event endangered ALL of the satellites in LEO.

http://celestrak.com/events/usa-193.asp

By: Dwight

Dwight — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:27:39 +0000

Sorry folks, ain't nothing new about this. I worked on classified ASAT [anti-satellite] programs back in the early 80s and we developed this "flying brick" capability back then. We just never used it on a live target thanks to the cowardice of the US Congress. Our tests were to theoretical "points in space."

By: Irwin Weisberg

Irwin Weisberg — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:59:31 +0000

Doesn't the perfection of this ability mean that we can count on the destruction of every sattelite up there in the event of a war or the threat of one making somebody a little nervous? We supplied Saddam-Hussein sattelite information on Iranian troop deployments during their war. What would keep a country so threatened by third nation interference (like us) from eliminating that threat? And who could blame them?

By: Phil Thornton

Phil Thornton — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:20:47 +0000

-> Graham: The problem of long-lived debris is true for the Chinese downing of a bird in January 2007, not for this one. Read the article again!

By: Graham

Graham — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:16:19 +0000

When will we learn you can't clear the garbage using handgrenades…. you need to use a "dustpan and broom", else we are going to see ourselves locked in here with no satalites (read no modern culture), till mother (nature) cleans up for us in a few decades. Are we realy that badly spolt brats

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