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2023-10-17 Science & Technology

American satellite war against Russia will be stopped by ‘product 293’

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Posted by badanov 2023-10-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [21 views ] Top

#1 Wunderbar!

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2023-10-17 02:31|| 2023-10-17 02:31|| Front Page Top

#2 Ergo, Musk saturation launches.

Starlink: Why is Elon Musk launching thousands of satellites?

Posted by Skidmark 2023-10-17 08:19|| 2023-10-17 08:19|| Front Page Top

#3 So they're catching up to the old ASM-135 that the US air force retired in 1988. They actually used it once, on a defunct solar winds satellite. Worked. Made a huge debris field, though.

Posted by ed in texas 2023-10-17 09:08|| 2023-10-17 09:08|| Front Page Top

#4 IIRC, the ASM-135 made an appearance in Red Storm Rising. Pulled out of mothballs I think the story went.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-10-17 09:37|| 2023-10-17 09:37|| Front Page Top

#5 More than a million satellites could soon be orbiting our planet - and scientists fear 'mega constellations' could cause light pollution and space crashes

Posted by Skidmark 2023-10-17 13:59|| 2023-10-17 13:59|| Front Page Top

#6 For inquiring minds:

ASM-135

Posted by Skidmark 2023-10-17 14:01|| 2023-10-17 14:01|| Front Page Top

Posted by DarthVader 2023-10-17 14:34|| 2023-10-17 14:34|| Front Page Top

#8 ‘product 293’

a/k/a "Project Shimmer."

Posted by Anomalous Sources 2023-10-17 20:05|| 2023-10-17 20:05|| Front Page Top

#9 What happened to preparations A thru G?"

"We found preparation H worked best. On the whole..."

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-10-17 20:08|| 2023-10-17 20:08|| Front Page Top

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