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2022-01-29 Science & Technology

Chinese satellite observed grappling and pulling another satellite out of its orbit

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Posted by Skidmark 2022-01-29 07:10|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top
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#1 Space Sweepers

Posted by Skidmark 2022-01-29 07:13|| 2022-01-29 07:13|| Front Page Top

#2 The SJ-21 then pulled the BeiDou out of its orbit and placed it a few hundred miles away in a "graveyard orbit"

Yet another Chinese box store marketing plan. Chinese space groping, something both Biden and Swalwell might have an interest in.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-01-29 07:31|| 2022-01-29 07:31|| Front Page Top

#3 Why waste 10's of 1000's of High Level Tech hours developing something like a EEC (kh-12+). When you can snare one.

Of course CCP could just start claiming say 200 miles of sky / space over their Nation as theirs and clean it up for a technical / $$$ windfall.
Or license the that sky for a fee.

Posted by NN2N1 2022-01-29 10:08|| 2022-01-29 10:08|| Front Page Top

#4 There are treaties on how far up national ownership of the sky goes. Treaties, like contracts, exist to be broken.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-01-29 10:10|| 2022-01-29 10:10|| Front Page Top

#5 Probably just working on their kung fu.

Posted by Carl Douglas 2022-01-29 23:45|| 2022-01-29 23:45|| Front Page Top

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