How can Rocket Engineers make sure that a rocket will not crash into satellites that already orbit the Earth?
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So there’s a fairly simple way to do this. You don’t launch it at another satellite or into a satellites orbit. If you wanna score a goal, kick it where the goalie isn’t at.
We know *exactly* where every single satellite in orbit is, every piece of space junk, everything from about the size of a screw up. All of it. We know how it orbits, where it is at any point in time and all that. Physics and math (along with radar and more) give us very very specific answers. This information is fairly easily available.
And space is massive
So when you’re deciding on what location to put your satellite in, generally with coordination with local and international space orgs, you must choose areas where its not gonna hit other stuff… the good part is there is plenty of space up there in most locations, but things are getting more crowded, especially for premiere commercial satellite locations, such as directly over the middle of the US.
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