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    Indian Satellites Practising “Dogfights” In Space. What It Means

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    1. 6079-SmithW on

      Kessler syndrome isn’t just a thought experiment. It’s a real probability. The moment the next major war starts, all the major powers are going to be destroying each others satellites, and the net results will be catastrophic.

    2. Jaasim99 on

      Rendezvous and intercept practice for future missions. Not for space fights.
      “Two Indian satellites – zipping through space at 28,800 kilometers per hour, or at a speed which is 28 times faster than cruising a commercial passenger jet and 10 times the speed of a bullet – are autonomously participating in this precision flight pattern orchestrated by the ISRO. Both satellites have been conducting rendezvous and proximity tactics.”

    3. SpaceMonkeyOnABike on

      Many countries are practicing and planning this sort of capability.

    4. retailhusk on

      I read this as “dog flights” and thought they were gonna send up another dog

    5. whys-it-so-cold on

      The Russia Space Agency joins the conversation…

      “Did someone mention dogs?”

    6. pattydickens on

      Wouldn’t it be easier to just create a giant cloud of shrapnel than to have dogfights in space that would result in giant clouds of orbiting shrapnel anyway?

    7. PROUDCIPHER on

      Any country that gets caught doing this shit like they’re TRYING to get a Kessler going needs to be punished, hard. We shouldn’t take this kind of unnecessary risk.