Star Wars. All satellites in orbit will disappear in just 40 years: scientists named the reason
Thus, the Earth space will become unusable not only satellites, but also space stations for several decades, writes Sciencealert. In focus. Technology has appeared its Telegram channel. Subscribe not to miss the latest and most intrusive news from the world of science! Last November, Russia launched a satellite missile on one of its failed military satellites-Celina-D. He weighed 1750 kg and when he was struck by a rocket, the satellite broke into a huge number of debris.
These fragments flew at high speed space and pose a threat to the International Space Station and the Tiangun Space Station. The crews of these stations had to do evasion maneuvers to avoid collision with space debris. Many countries and space agencies then condemned Russia's reckless behavior. This event has shown how dangerous the use of sipping weapons is.
According to the article of Spanish scientists, the fragments of this destroyed satellite can cause a cascade of additional collisions that will make the Earth's space unsuitable for use in about 40 years. The explosion of the Russian satellite appeared more than 1500 fragments of more than 10 cm and hundreds of thousands of smaller debris.
And they are all at an altitude of 300 to 1100 km above the Earth's surface and pose a real threat to other satellites, orbital space apparatus and space stations. For example, the United States in 2022 stopped testing of sipping weapons in space. But some countries want to place similar weapons in orbit to show their strength. But scientists warn that this will lead to a real disaster.
According to scientists, there are now 131 million fragments around the Earth from 1 mm to 10 cm and they fly at a speed of 36 thousand km/h. At this speed, even a small piece of space debris can damage the satellite or space station. And the more such debris will appear, the higher the risk of destroying all available orbital devices.
Scientists believe that if some countries do not stop the test of sipping weapons, then 40 years around the Earth will rotate only the fragments of space debris and nothing more. On the other hand, according to scientists, the growing amount of space debris will soon prevent the launch of new satellites as well as space missiles. The authors of the new article also believe that some countries, such as the US and China, may start a real war in space.
That is, all the satellites of the enemy will be destroyed. And this will lead to an incredible number of debris that will destroy all other objects in the Earth space. Scientists summarize that any use of weapons in space will not lead to the victory of any of the countries and lose all humanity. As the focus has already wrote, the latest space garbage was tested in orbit of the Earth. New technology will be able to track the trajectory of the smallest pieces of garbage in space.