You are correct ....... maybe.... All things are relative and it depends on which object you use a a reference - the Earth, Fengyun-1C or the Interceptor. For an Earth-based observer, it is likely that the Interceptor was moving quite slowly. Fengyun had its normal orbital velocity. The two objects tried to occupy the same space at the same time and their speed difference did the damage. From Fengyun's point of view, it was following its normal path round the Earth and the Interceptor came at it 'head-on' at 6-7 km/s. The Interceptor was dawdling along above the Earth and suddenly the FY-1C high-speed missile hit it 'out of the blue'. Bob Christy > -----Original Message----- > From: Greg Williams [mailto:k4hsm@lock-net.com] > Sent: 14 February 2007 03:25 > To: David Anderman > Cc: SeeSat-L@satobs.org > Subject: Re: Yet more FengYun debris > > I believe the satellite was struck head on by the ASAT weapon, so it > would be traveling in completely opposite directions............... > > Greg > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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