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Re:India's first privately-developed rocket reaches orbit on... by alephnerd on Friday July 24, 2026 @02:53PM (#49040100)
From a Defense perspective, it's acceptable if multiple ODC fails and you have to re-launch another one. This is why these are being treated as part of a mesh. These aren't supposed to be a commercial DC and are intended to be a mesh of multiple racks in orbit.

The fact that the US, China, Russia, and India have already deployed ASATs means a Kessler effect if a question of when and not if.

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Re:India's first privately-developed rocket reaches orbit on... by laughing_man on Saturday July 25, 2026 @01:39AM (#49044837)
The Russians put the first ASats up in the '70s. Their existence doesn't require use.
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Re:India's first privately-developed rocket reaches orbit on... by alephnerd on Saturday July 25, 2026 @04:10PM (#49051058)
The difference is India and China had an orbital near-miss in 2024 [0] and both India and China now field ASATs.

It's a matter of time before Japan, SK, Iran, Israel, UAE, KSA, etc build similar capabilities.

[0] - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-22/india-pla...

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