Do they take requests?
Posted on 03/27/2019 8:10:19 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
It means one easily tracked satellite has been replaced by thousands of random and untrackable bits of satellite shrapnel most of which will eventually fall harmlessly to earth.
The rest? Who knows?
Some of them will hit other satellites generating even more shrapnel. Some of it will have been blasted into higher orbits beyond residual atmospheric drag and will be 'permanently' in orbit.
'Permanently' meaning tens or hundreds of thousands of years before they clear orbit.
Do they take requests?
I don't think anyone has developed an anti-satellite weapon that can reach geostationary satellites at 22,000+ miles.
LOL!
“Start selling HeathKits again.
I always wanted their Comanche and Cheyenne combo.”
I had a Heathkit guitar amp (solid state) and an HW-8
I would like to get licensed again and do some QRP but I really haven’t the time. I do listen to the Ham bands and can still copy code (around 16wpm) but the rest of the shortwave experience is almost non existent. Sad really. I grew up listening to shortwave broadcasts from around the world on a trusty old Hallicrafters.
I don't think they'd tell us.
It would ruin the surprise...
Besides a Kessler Cascade in LEO would throw some debris out to geosynchronous distances. Probably not much of a problem, space is really big and satellites are pretty small.
Still, equatorial Clarke orbit slots are pretty full.
GPS and GLONASS satellites are in closer orbits than geostationary...
“The militarization of space puts all of our satellites at risk. The Chinese have been investing lots of money in anti-satellite technology.”
It is my understanding that some of the Chinese technology is very simple, unlike our Star Wars laser beam constellation of whatever is perceived to be up there but doesn’t exist...
The Chinese have developed a much simpler approach. They launch a rocket and the payload is positioned in front of the satellites path upon which it releases a cloud of ball bearings. The targeted satellite cruises through the cloud of ball bearings and it is torn to shreds.
In 1940, the British change street signs in the South of England to confuse and mislead any Germans who invaded.
What’s to stop hackers (if computerized) or comm-jammers from hitting these signals or from putting out false information?
When I was in the Electronic Security Command in Europe, we had a unit, the 6914th, that specialized in the comm-jam mission.
How do you say “hold my beer and watch this” in Hindi?
You mean apologize to themselves for shooting down their own sat?
From the article:
"This bird was low enough that it will allegedly fall into the atmosphere and burn up in a few weeks."
Compensating for sinking their own submarine.
What’s to stop hackers or jammers, false signals.
The advanced internal navigation system (inertial guidance system) coupled with having to jam so many signals (and not knowing which signals the unit is receiving) will act as a check, for awhile.
That RX was garbage! My $20 Chinese shortwave radio has better selectivity.
“Performing such an act is blatant disregard for the entire population of earth IMHO. Yes - China needs …”
China?
“You, sir, have a failure of imagination. “
You, sir, have a vivid imagination. You imagine and put to words false claims about me.
Target was a defunct polar orbiting 70kg weather package at 300km altitude.
Nice little boxes but you’ll be piss weak. Consider adding a Warrior amp.
http://www.heathkit-museum.com/ham/hvmha-10.shtml
Or the rare as hen’s teeth Chippewa.
http://www.heathkit-museum.com/ham/hvmkl-1.shtml
I'm reading into what would cause India to undertake such a stupidly provocative action.
Pakistan is India's belligerent nuclear neighbor, but China is the last I remember who blew up an orbiting satellite and is also threatening to take over the primary shipping lane for that region. There's no doubt that China is the most prolific cyber-terrorist on the planet and they make no bones about their plan to economically and militarily dominate the region now, while they bully and pilfer their way to global control. There's no other nation that's stated this as their goal and have all of the means to do so. Maybe you see things differently, but I didn't think I made much of a leap that India was putting China on notice since Pakistan doesn't have much of a footprint in space, but China does.
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