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China orbits first Guowang internet satellites, with thousands more to come

8 点作者 freeqaz5 个月前

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blackeyeblitzar5 个月前
I have serious fears about the safety and reliability of Chinese space missions like this. I hope it doesn’t turn into an unmanageable mess that locks us into Kessler syndrome. As I recall these are injected into a higher orbit than SpaceX because China’s rockets can’t precisely place payloads at lower altitudes. As a result they will take far longer to fall back to earth if something goes wrong. Starlink satellites are at about half the distance from the surface as Guowong and would naturally decay in 5 years without propulsion. These Chinese satellites may take hundreds of years. That’s ignoring their rockets exploding, like the upper stage of the other recent Chinese mega constellation launch, which itself created hundreds of pieces of debris (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.space.com&#x2F;china-megaconstellation-launch-space-junk" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.space.com&#x2F;china-megaconstellation-launch-space-j...</a>).