[Pocketdoor]

They can’t blow up to many satellites. The debris fields would create a catastrophic chain of events. Other satellites get destroyed creating more debris... pretty soon they all get destroyed and never again can man put another satellite into orbit, at least until all the space junk burns up.
Saw this nugget in the article though... “electromagnetic warfare” maybe they can EMP them with a directed EMP.

[algore]

They can’t blow up to many satellites. The debris fields would create a catastrophic chain of events. Other satellites get destroyed creating more debris... pretty soon they all get destroyed and never again can man put another satellite into orbit, at least until all the space junk burns up.

Saw this nugget in the article though... “electromagnetic warfare” maybe they can EMP them with a directed EMP.

I was wondering if anyone would say this. There is already far to much debris circling the Earth.

I cannot even count the articles and books I have read which talk about this.

Orbital Debris

[CodeToad]

“Saw this nugget in the article though... “electromagnetic warfare” maybe they can EMP them with a directed EMP.”

So, what happens when a satellite is disables and cannot perform station keeping? (Hint: Debris)