With a combined mass of over three tons, these two orbiting objects will miss each other by about 40 feet.
Let's hope we don't add Kessler syndrome to the list of 2020 fun
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These two objects are a Russian nav/com sat and a Chinese rocket stage, according to
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The nav satellite has a 50-foot-long boom extending from it too, just to add an extra element of excitement.
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This speed, by the way, is nearly 12 times faster than high-velocity rifle bullets. Except these bullets are well over a ton each.
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A little update here via
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The most recent model is showing a miss distance of about 82 feet between these two objects, but there's still a margin of error therehttps://twitter.com/LeoLabs_Space/status/1316801830698078213?s=20 …
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Update: no sign of any impact or debris.https://twitter.com/LeoLabs_Space/status/1316919600160903168 …
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Now it’s coming to light that estimates from other bureaus had a *much* wider miss margin between these two orbital objects, up to nearly 600 meters. Still close but certainly not as dramatic.
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Someone REALLY needs to get on that laser broom concept
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Le chargement semble prendre du temps.
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CZ-4C R/B passed over LeoLabs Kiwi Space Radar 10 minutes after TCA. Our data shows only a single object as we'd hoped, with no signs of debris.
We will follow up in the coming days on Medium with a full in-depth risk assessment of this event!
