Sort of like walking 1000 paces, turning, and firing...not much danger of anyone perishing in such a duel? Better yet try to hit the other's bullet. The most amazing is that two orbiting satellites actually collided.
73, Ed - KL7UW afterall space is not like the San Diego Fwy in rush hour At 05:08 AM 1/26/2010, Joe Fitzgerald wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Given the recent close conjunction between Compass-1 and Sich 1, > > I was curious how common such encounters were. Using > > SOCRATES on the celestrak site, http://celestrak.com/SOCRATES/, > > it looks like they are fairly common. > > > > > >Take those forecasts with a grain of salt since they are based on TLE's >with limited accuracy. On the day Iridium 33 and Cosmos 2251 collided, >SOCRATES forecast a couple other conjunctions closer. SOCRATES predicted >a miss of 584 m. > >Fortunately for us, there is a lot of space in space. > >-Joe KM1P > >_______________________________________________ >Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. >Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb 73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45 ====================================== BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com 500-KHz/CW, 144-MHz EME, 1296-MHz EME DUBUS Magazine USA Rep dubus...@hotmail.com ====================================== _______________________________________________ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
