Comment by mgoetzke
Didnt russia cause a lot of debris due to one of their tests and endanger the ISS crew ?
Didnt russia cause a lot of debris due to one of their tests and endanger the ISS crew ?
Their test was in a low-ish orbit so most of the debris is gone now.
I haven't looked at stats lately but I'd guess the #1 source of debris in space right now is still the Chinese ASAT test which threw a bunch of crap into Medium Earth Orbit. Before that, the main source of debris was leaking coolant from some nuclear reactors the Soviet sent up
Yeah I just watched my own video and was surprised to see exactly that. Because I remember reading somewhere else years ago that an ideal anti-satellite weapon would either de-orbit a satellite (like bumping it off orbit so it burns up) or use some kind of net/capture to push it off orbit, rather than blow it up.
Now this is going to have to be a rabbit hole for me (and some AI) this weekend.