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we need traffic lights for satellites
coppercone2:
lol, pay protection money for your satellite.
Red Squirrel:
Is a satellite considered a vehicle, wonder if you can get car insurance for one. :-DD
"Sir, can you clarify your speed before the collision? Are you still on the accident scene? We're going to need to send an adjuster. "
--- Quote from: m98 on September 04, 2019, 11:48:22 pm ---There really should be some kind of space traffic control a commercial satellite operator should have to stay in touch with to coordinate maneuvering.
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This is probably the best bet, I think they already do track space objects including junk, so it could be the thing of predicting collisions way ahead of time, calculating the most efficient maneuver, and time, and then sending the info to the operator. Kinda like a "btw your satellite will collide with xyz on this date, to correct, follow this maneuver".
coppercone2:
are they gonna have to pay NORAD for all the extra shit they put up there? should there be a rule against American companies using foreign nation to launch satellites under their control? should a space control cabal be formed?
windsmurf:
--- Quote from: Red Squirrel on September 05, 2019, 01:49:53 am ---Is a satellite considered a vehicle, wonder if you can get car insurance for one. :-DD
"Sir, can you clarify your speed before the collision? Are you still on the accident scene? We're going to need to send an adjuster. "
--- Quote from: m98 on September 04, 2019, 11:48:22 pm ---There really should be some kind of space traffic control a commercial satellite operator should have to stay in touch with to coordinate maneuvering.
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This is probably the best bet, I think they already do track space objects including junk, so it could be the thing of predicting collisions way ahead of time, calculating the most efficient maneuver, and time, and then sending the info to the operator. Kinda like a "btw your satellite will collide with xyz on this date, to correct, follow this maneuver".
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http://www.parabolicarc.com/2019/08/01/satellite-insurance-rates-increasing-after-failures-of-vega-worldview-4/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_insurance
lilstevie:
--- Quote from: Red Squirrel on September 05, 2019, 01:49:53 am ---This is probably the best bet, I think they already do track space objects including junk, so it could be the thing of predicting collisions way ahead of time, calculating the most efficient maneuver, and time, and then sending the info to the operator. Kinda like a "btw your satellite will collide with xyz on this date, to correct, follow this maneuver".
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The problem is there's a margin of error in the calculations, like with everything the real world is far from perfect, without mapping the exact amount of gravity and resistance from the upper layers of the atmosphere for every mm^2, we won't know exactly where the satellite will end up on its track. That's why this story, and collision tracking in general talks in probability of a collision. The collision was in no way guaranteed, it was just too much of a risk to chance it.
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