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octoberfranklinlast Thursday at 9:33 PM1 replyview on HN

GPS is in geosynchronous orbit, insanely far from the Earth's surface.

You can't get chain-reaction collisions to happen at such an outrageously high orbit. That amount of mass you'd have to put into orbit is just insane. It's like trying to crash the moon.


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wat10000last Thursday at 10:12 PM

Nitpick, GPS is about halfway to geosync. Your point stands.