Hmmm. Yes and no. If it were perturbed into a lower orbit, then impacted
or detonated, the smaller pieces, with higher surface area, would see
increased drag. At geostationary orbit, a large, wee-designed bird has a
lower surface area to mass ratio and thus is less likely to deorbit
solely due to drag.
gc
Peter Laws wrote:
You're under the impression that it would fall to earth if exploded in
some manner. All you would end up with is lots of little pieces ... in
the same orbit.
On 11/29/10 10:12, admin@xxxxxxxx wrote:
Hrm is that mentioned in the wikileaks documents?
They need to provide better "self destruct" mechanisms for these in case
one goes rogue like this.
Ray Weber
Massachusetts Skywarn
On Monday, November 29, 2010 11:07am, "Jeff Lake -
Admin"<admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
Sounds like NORAD needs to fire up a STAR-WARS satellite and take
care of it ...
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