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plqbfbvyesterday at 11:42 PM1 replyview on HN

> It’s almost always cheaper to individually target satellites than to try and blanket orbits.

The problem is that even one satellite could start the Kessler syndrome due to how many are currently in orbit, and the numbers are expected to keep increasing rapidly - everyone wants their "sovereign" Starlink now that it has been shown to be feasible and performant.


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JumpCrisscrosstoday at 12:13 AM

> problem is that even one satellite could start the Kessler syndrome

No, it can’t. Not in LEO. Militaries have searched for these one-shot solutions; there is no known orbital system for which it works. (In LEO.)

The only fuck-you orbits are in GEO.