Captain_Hadock
Captain_Hadock t1_it6k1vu wrote
Reply to comment by phred14 in China looked at putting a monitoring satellite in retrograde geostationary orbit via the moon by OkOrdinary5299
To make an american metaphor, it's like driving thousands of motorbikes the wrong way on a nascar race course, without allowing the cars nor the bikes to deviate from their race trajectory.
Sure, you probably won't hit all the cars on the first lap, but by the end of the day....
Captain_Hadock t1_it6jjcj wrote
Reply to comment by mithie007 in China looked at putting a monitoring satellite in retrograde geostationary orbit via the moon by OkOrdinary5299
The reason it doesn't sound destructive is because you missed the part where the debris are being released in a retrograde GEO-altitude orbit (which isn't harder to reach than regular GEO). Which means they would still follow a GEO-like orbital path, but going the opposite way (impact velocity will be 6 km/s or 13400 mph).
Captain_Hadock t1_it6zeyn wrote
Reply to comment by andygates2323 in China looked at putting a monitoring satellite in retrograde geostationary orbit via the moon by OkOrdinary5299
They also don't generate new debris upon impact that will keep crossing the race course forever, so...