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2.8 days to disaster: Why we are running out of time in low earth orbit (phys.org)

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[–] yamaonan@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (6 children)

Wouldn't an event like this potentially cause mass disruption of GPS/GLONASS satellites?

I'm surprised no one has considered this as a potential terrorist threat vector. How difficult would it be to send a balloon/large amateur rocket up to start the domino effect?

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[–] PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago

Don’t know, but it’d be fun to try

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