The delay was only 4 seconds. This time. But with 30,000 trackable objects in orbit and more every day, this is going to become commonplace and the delays are going to be worse.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    Do you think there will be less things in orbit in the future or more? Because it’s less ‘made that up’ and more ‘inferred based on what happens in reality.’

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      1 year ago

      As I said, “more things in orbit” does not imply longer delays. It would mean that launches would have to delay 4 seconds more frequently, not that they would need to delay longer than 4 seconds.

      If a 4 second delay is a problem then your mission is badly designed from the start since there are very many reasons you might encounter a 4 second delay.