Re: Starlink terminals deployed in Ukraine

[Thomas Scott <mr.thomas.scott () gmail com>]

As I'm reading this - I'm reminded that you don't need to destroy a
satellite to render it ineffective - just fill up the frequencies it's
Tx/Rx on with so much RFI that the pipe no longer bends. It's not as if the
frequencies and sat positions aren't public knowledge...

- Thomas Scott | mr.thomas.scott () gmail com


On Wed, Mar 2, 2022 at 4:32 PM Scott McGrath <smcgrath () starry com> wrote:

> The Russians have several ASAT systems not all of them are ground based.
> Remember they also have that grappler which locks onto satellites and
> destroys them.     I think this conflict will be the first one where some
> of the battles will be fought in orbit ie the ultimate ‘high ground’ the
> NATO countries have kept to the UN treaties on not militarizing space.
>  Other countries well not so much
>
> On Wed, Mar 2, 2022 at 12:35 PM Valdis Klētnieks <valdis.kletnieks () vt edu>
> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 02 Mar 2022 08:51:05 -0500, Dorn Hetzel said:
> >
> > > Yeah, if Russia needs one 1st stage booster for every bird they kill,
> > and
> > > SpaceX needs one 1st stage booster for every 50 they put up....  Yes,
> > > Russia is bigger than SpaceX, but that's a tremendous ratio.
> >
> > Plus  the asymmetry is even worse than that....
> >
> > Elon can use that *same* first stage booster to launch *another* 50
> > next week, while the Russians need to get a *new* booster for shooting
> > down the next bird.
> >
> > That's the *real* game changer in what SpaceX is doing....