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Lonely
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Wakey, wakey... Jul 19, 2022 15:44:22 GMT

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Post by Lonely on Jul 19, 2022 15:44:22 GMT

What goes up... Must come down.

Holy crap! We have a litter problem? - - > www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-19/tasmania-observatory-to-prevent-space-collisions-with-new-mount/101250496

Just out of curiosity, does anyone know what the penalty fine is for litter dumping in space?

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Wakey, wakey... Jul 21, 2022 15:19:28 GMT

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Post by jenesuispasbavard on Jul 21, 2022 15:19:28 GMT

Yup, we had to avoid debris from Cosmos 2251 heading towards the GRACE-FO1 satellite in early June - thankfully there was enough warning to move out of the way, thanks to telescopes such as this. Fallout from this collision: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_satellite_collision, celestrak.org/events/collision/