News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on New Calculation Finds we are close to the Kessler Syndrome [video]. Parent comment

Re:New Calculation Finds we are close to the Kessler Syndrom... by perihelions on Thursday November 21, 2024 @06:00AM (#42203050)
- "And even at GEO, there could be a debris cloud as well causing issues, at least until the sun and moon gravity perturbs it enough."

Not a satellite expert, but I understand GEO clears out relatively fast (~decades), because of those 3-body perturbations,

https://www.agi.com/blog/2020/07/geo-satellites-don-t-decay-...

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:New Calculation Finds we are close to the Kessler Syndrom... by mapt on Thursday November 21, 2024 @11:14AM (#42205783)
Your link talks about how this is an unexpected result, and only occurs at specific inclinations.

It's new information to me, though. Thank you.

[ Parent | on HN ]