Posted on Jan 7, 2023
APOD: 2023 January 7 - Space Stations in Low Earth Orbit
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The second part of tonight's two-fer is from January 7th (today): "Space Stations in Low Earth Orbit." This composite image was taken from Portugal. The International Space Station (ISS, lower and beneath the Little Dipper) is currently maintained in an orbit with a minimum mean altitude of 230 miles and a maximum of 290 miles. The Chinese Tiangong Space Station (upper, beneath the Big Dipper) is in a slightly different orbit (241 miles by 245 miles). So I suspect that similar exposures of both orbital platforms will be featured in future APODs. It does provide an interesting perspective for 2023, doesn't it?
APOD: 2023 January 7 - Space Stations in Low Earth Orbit
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The Chinese have destroyed their own satellite and we have destroyed our own. I'm wondering if those missiles could reach the Chinese space station? It is probably in too high in orbit.
This may be a serious consideration in the future when communist China attacks Taiwan.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13359-us-missile-hits-spy-satellite/
This may be a serious consideration in the future when communist China attacks Taiwan.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13359-us-missile-hits-spy-satellite/
A US warship has hit an ailing spy satellite with a ballistic missile in an attempt to destroy its fuel tank, which contained toxic hydrazine
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