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 26 2007, 02:35 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Just to put a bit of (hopefully) UMSF-related spin on this: The guidance & control technologies used for ASAT ops probably will mature at a rapid rate because of this event and be available for other applications such as asteroid/comet interdiction, or even adaptive autonomous terminal guidance for risky outer-planet missions such as landing on Triton.
Admittedly, Deep Impact had a nice big target...but wouldn't it be nice if we could hit a potentially threatening comet in a very precise fashion in order to deflect its orbit just enough (like by exposing a deposit of volatiles near perihelion) to miss us? Just makin' lemonade here, don't mind me... -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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