Anti-satellite weapon test?, Is this true? |
Anti-satellite weapon test?, Is this true? |
Jan 19 2007, 02:39 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 96 Joined: 20-September 06 From: Hanoi, Vietnam Member No.: 1164 |
According to this link, China fired a missile to destroy an orbiting weather satellite last week: http://www.spacewar.com/reports/China_Tras...e_Test_999.html
I am curios about what kind of projectile could be used? A "smart" one with on board guidance system or just a dumb one? How close did the "killer satellite" came to the target? Does anybody have an idea? |
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Jan 23 2007, 08:47 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14433 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
You don't need fusing - this was a kinetic impact...it just what WHACK not BOOM.
Doug |
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Jan 23 2007, 11:11 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2488 Joined: 17-April 05 From: Glasgow, Scotland, UK Member No.: 239 |
You don't need fusing - this was a kinetic impact...it just what WHACK not BOOM. Doug Doug: They probably broke the kill vehicle up just before impact to increase their ability to whack the target, so a proximity fuse (or some other method of breaking the thing up) would have been needed. The bottom line remains the same: this is an impressive bit of engineering. Perhaps less so in terms of the political repercussions (eg Sino/US space collaboration will now be more difficult), but that's another matter. Bob Shaw -------------------- Remember: Time Flies like the wind - but Fruit Flies like bananas!
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