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US and Russian satellites collide. What really happened?
here's the link to the article:
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/090212/te...
Doesn't anyone find it fishy that despite what NASA, STRATCOM and other space agencies calls "a very low risk" and "the risk is considered very low", two satellites just happened to collide very spectacularly, and not just a glancing blow.
There is lots of space junk in orbit, but relatively few satellites. How come two of them just happened to hit each other so accurately?
Anybody think it may be the US trying to disable a Russian spy satellite before it uncovered something important? A anti satellite missile launch would be detected visually and by radar by countries all over the world. Making a very old, near-worthless satellite take out another may not be such a crazy proposition in this case.
The Cold war is over you say, but still, it doesn't mean the US isn't testing out a new improvised satellite weapon. After all, there are more and more old defunct satellites in orbit, most with a small amount of maneuvering fuel left, the US might as well take the hint from Iraq and create some ISKs of their own. (Improvised satellite killers)
This may actually be a salvage of the "star wars" plan they were floating around to scare the USSR during the Cold War.
What are your theories?
Do you think mine is even possible to pull off?
9 Answers
- michael wLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Nothing very sinister in the collision considering there are thousands of bits of junk in orbit all at about the same distance from earth. It was an accident waiting to happen and not doubt it will happen again.
- mov ah, 4chLv 61 decade ago
US and Russian satellites collided. Nothing more.
While it is possible to pull off, it makes no practical sense. Allow me to explain:
If US wanted to disable Russian satellite, they would've blown it out of the space without using a civilian (and very expensive) satellite. If they did not want to use a surface-launched missile, US has long since set a set of orbital "space mines" - military satellites capable of engaging and destroying the opponent. There are a lot cheaper solutions available then paying the expenses to the Iridium owners (or whatever that satellite name was). As for discovering something secret - makes no sense. Any intelligence satellite sends out whatever it discovered right away - precisely to prevent the enemy from destroying the satellite and covering whatever it was investigating up.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
We've been putting so much in orbit there is a name for it: Space Junk. It's unfortunate, but it's a shooting gallery up there as collisions with satellites are inevitable and will be more common as weather and communications needs increase.
The Space Shuttle often comes back with a starred window or two from a stray bolt or something hitting it.
Here is a representation of what the Earth might look to a visitor with high resolution cameras: The dots represent all the space junk and satellites orbiting Earth.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
The satellites involved were an out of control [for a couple of years]Russian military communication satellite and a working IRIDIUM communication satellite [NOTE: not Iranian ... Iridium .. a communications company]
The Iridium piece was in a older-style, lower, higher speed orbit when the Russian derilect drifted into it path.
Iridium says they could have missed it if they had been warned sooner.
About time something like this happen. Going to happen more often pretty soon. Get used to it.
Source(s): read the article - Anonymous1 decade ago
The Russian Satellite was a Suicide Satellite, and they have sent a lot more of them up to space, too.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
killer satellites are made to purposely crash into the other for a strategic purpose.
- Mammamia3Lv 41 decade ago
what are chances of those 2 colliding??? something made them collide. dont know which side put out the hit, though...
you may be onto to something...
