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From: eric@apollo.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: OMNI ASAT article
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Date: Fri, 29-Jun-84 11:23:28 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 29 11:23:28 1984
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>The most recent issue of OMNI magazine has an article by Oberg about
>a technique the Soviets could use to wipe out all satellites in
>geosynchronous orbit.

>Upon command, the satellite would expel its
>cargo of pebbles/sand grains/etc.  US satellites in geo would encounter
>the objects at twice orbital velocity, once every 12 hours.

What a mess that would make!  GEO orbits are VALUABLE!  And it would be
a long time (if ever) before anyone could clean them up.  Who thinks of
this stuff, I wonder?

Eric Peters    (...decvax!wivax!apollo!eric)
Apollo Computer Inc., Chelmsford, MA