This is relevant how?
China's Space Program News Thread
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TerraN_EmpirE
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Because it proves that these incidents are increasingly common. It’s what happens after over 70 years of objects being launched in overlapping orbits.
broadsword
Brigadier
There is a world of difference between a debris trajectory and one that is determinable and controllable.
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
Controllable? How? It’s a nano sat it has no thrusters.
broadsword
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They could control at the moment of release.
What do you mean how? We are talking about Starlink satellites here. Of course they have thrusters (hall effect ion thrusters to be exact).
The term "nanosatellite" or "nanosat" is applied to an artificial satellite with a wet mass between 1 and 10 kg. Starlink satellites are bigger by a factor of at least 20.
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
Whataboutisum. The release is timed along a fixed trajectory. The potential of overlap between is astronomical.
The Thrusters burned up on insertion. The Starlink satellite is a box about the size of a PlayStation with an folded out solar panel/ antenna. The satellite is designed to be disposable it’s launched on a orbit intended to burn up in five years. It’s to small for a fuel tank.
The Starlink satellites in question weigh ~250 kilograms and are equipped with hall effect ion thrusters. How do you think they reach their respective plane/slot of operation and conduct station keeping?
Please research the subject you are commenting on. A good starter.
TerraN_EmpirE
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