If the satellite is hit wouldn't it actually reenter sooner as small high drag pieces would come down faster. It wouldn't launch many fragments into higher orbits would it? If the satellite has a reactor that is designed to survive reentry could it survive a missile hit? If so could the heavy reactor, now separated from the rest of the craft be identifiable by its drag characteristics in orbit and subject to a second specific missile hit? I am just assuming that the real reason for shooting it down is to destroy the high security parts and also avoid the embarrassment of having a plutonium reactor drop on an unfriendly country,... like the Netherlands. Dale ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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