• Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The ballistic missile very likely did not come anywhere close to Earth orbit, so unlike those aforementioned anti-satellite tests, this incident probably didn’t generate any dangerous orbital debris.

    Whew?

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      1 year ago

      I don’t know if I interpret that sound correctly, but:

      “Earth Orbit” means reaching speed to orbit earth (going around it very fast); not just reaching space (and then dropping down again).