As I'm reading this - I'm reminded that you don't need to destroy a satellite to render it ineffective - just fill up the frequencies it's Tx/Rx on with so much RFI that the pipe no longer bends. It's not as if the frequencies and sat positions aren't public knowledge...
- Thomas Scott | mr.thomas.sc...@gmail.com On Wed, Mar 2, 2022 at 4:32 PM Scott McGrath <smcgr...@starry.com> wrote: > The Russians have several ASAT systems not all of them are ground based. > Remember they also have that grappler which locks onto satellites and > destroys them. I think this conflict will be the first one where some > of the battles will be fought in orbit ie the ultimate ‘high ground’ the > NATO countries have kept to the UN treaties on not militarizing space. > Other countries well not so much > > On Wed, Mar 2, 2022 at 12:35 PM Valdis Klētnieks <valdis.kletni...@vt.edu> > wrote: > >> On Wed, 02 Mar 2022 08:51:05 -0500, Dorn Hetzel said: >> >> > Yeah, if Russia needs one 1st stage booster for every bird they kill, >> and >> > SpaceX needs one 1st stage booster for every 50 they put up.... Yes, >> > Russia is bigger than SpaceX, but that's a tremendous ratio. >> >> Plus the asymmetry is even worse than that.... >> >> Elon can use that *same* first stage booster to launch *another* 50 >> next week, while the Russians need to get a *new* booster for shooting >> down the next bird. >> >> That's the *real* game changer in what SpaceX is doing.... >> >