Monitoring a high risk conjunction between two large defunct objects in LEO

Re:Monitoring a high risk conjunction between two large defu... by jyriand on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @03:17AM (#24774020)

So, will it be something similar to the collision scene in "Gravity", movie?

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Re:Monitoring a high risk conjunction between two large defu... by jfoster on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @03:46AM (#24774204)

For anyone who hasn't seen the movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKW-Gd_S_xc

What's the likelihood of any given collision like this initiating a space debris chain reaction? I'm guessing it's fairly low for any given collision, but quite high if we continue to allow collisions to happen. Would love to hear from someone who knows better than I do, though.

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Re:Monitoring a high risk conjunction between two large defu... by slazaro on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @04:58AM (#24774593)

There's lots of info around that here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome

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Re:Monitoring a high risk conjunction between two large defu... by MarkMarine on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @03:39AM (#24774163)

Yup. Not good for anything in LEO

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