The delay was only 4 seconds. This time. But with 30,000 trackable objects in orbit and more every day, this is going to become commonplace and the delays are going to be worse.

    • NewNewAccount@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      It’s four seconds this time. With more and more debris building up over time, this problem is only going to get worse.

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        1 year ago

        4 seconds? Usually launch windows are in hours and days right? Unless you have barely any fuel margin and you’re trying to hit a very very specific orbit I can’t imagine 4 seconds being a huge issue. But I’m no orbital dynamicist

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          It’s not a huge deal, and if it were then the mission is already balanced on a knife’s edge and shouldn’t have been designed that way in the first place. There are plenty of technical problems that could cause a 4-second delay.