In a heavy shroud of secrecy, China launched three military satellites on one rocket. Only after the American control system detected the launch and the satellites, did China issue a notice to Kony about the three satellites, saying that they were intended to prove the feasibility of new technologies. In the West it is estimated that these are satellites capable of attaching to other satellites and carrying out commands from their operators
Exactly one month ago, in a heavy shroud of secrecy, China launched three military satellites on one rocket. Only after the American control system detected the launch and the satellites, did China issue a notice to Kony about the three satellites, saying that they were designed to prove the feasibility of new technologies. One of the satellites, Shi-Yan 7, is equipped, among other things, with a terrifying robotic arm. Another satellite Shi-Jian 15, equipped with a sophisticated and huge XNUMXD camera, which allows it to identify other satellites from a huge distance and with great accuracy. Western space experts estimated that it was a joint mission to identify and capture another satellite. This concern was realized three days ago when the armed satellite made a very sharp maneuver in its orbit, starting what appeared to be a pursuit of a Chinese satellite launched eight years ago. As far as we know now, it is very close to the target satellite, and may have already captured it. "I think there are implications here both for Israel and for the rest of the Western countries," says the satellite expert Mided Farinta, of the Spaceialist company. "Here is a new capability of a satellite that can attach itself to any photography satellite, any spy satellite, divert it from its course and even hijack it and take it for other purposes."
Reuse
Six years ago, China demonstrated its ability to destroy a satellite in space, when it blew up an old weather satellite with a missile fired from Earth. However, detonating a satellite has several disadvantages: the resulting debris also endangers China's spacecraft and satellites. Moreover, when you destroy a satellite you cannot use it to your advantage, which is what the new system may allow. "They can identify satellites that are supposed to pass over areas in China, decide that they move them out of their orbit so they can't photograph the areas of interest, and even bring them to the Chinese space station and use them later," says Farinta.
Space debris cleanup technology
While the news is alarming, the new Chinese technology may also have a positive application. Such a system can be used to clean the orbit around the Earth from the large amount of space debris floating in it: thousands of pieces of old rockets and satellites, which endanger not only other satellites, but also astronauts in space stations. "These exact technologies, with good intentions, can be used to map space junk and to map the threats to the International Space Station and the Chinese space station, where we know there are crew members. They can also be used for the rescue and rescue of astronauts in an emergency," says Parinta. "With the help of the robotic arm and the autonomous satellite, the space can be cleaned. All the capabilities that the Chinese are demonstrating now may be used to do good in space, and advance humanity in space."
As mentioned, it has not yet been conclusively proven that the state-of-the-art system is indeed intended for hijacking satellites, or that it was successful in doing so. However, the fact that this is a military system that was launched with utmost secrecy, increases the fear that it is indeed such a system. The Americans, who have also demonstrated the ability to destroy a satellite with a missile fired from Earth, are surely preparing their answer to this system, and we will patiently wait for the next chapter in the "Star Wars" unfolding right above our heads.
Editor's note: Tal Inbar, head of the Center for Space Research and UAVs at the Fisher Institute for Aerospace Studies, today confirmed on his Facebook page the truth of the decade-old rumors about Chinese nano-satellites designed to attach to foreign satellites and wait years for the order to disable them. father.
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New satellites that are launched need to contain an "immune system" that will prevent hostile transplants. What if a satellite made by a foreign thief can teach us about the thief, "You ate me, so suffocate"
1. Those who control the information, its content and immunity are the ground stations that control the satellite. Americans are able to command the satellites to stop transmitting or transmit false information. While they are able to receive a shielded communication that allows accurate calculation to a few meters.
As soon as Europe realizes its plans to launch spacecraft with a different (communication) protocol, the general picture will change.
2. It is preferable that the war be conducted in space "Lenel" satellite against satellite than on land "Lenel" combatant against combatant.
Yes - but the relevant budget here is the security budget. Not health, and the libertarians - at least his conservative Republican wing - are quite protective of the defense budget compared to other budgets.
Besides - the United States has a big deficit - they need to cut back - they simply don't have the money to pay for all these things.
No, but most of the governors do, so they negate any of his reforms, especially health.
First thing - the 'other' here is not me.
Second thing - Avi - what essential projects are you talking about? something specific? Libertarians have taken over what discourse? Whoever sits in the White House is not exactly a libertarian.
Especially since the libertarian misers have taken over the discourse and dictated the cancellation of essential projects just because they don't like paying taxes.
One, it is likely that the Americans thought about it but alas they do not have the money to realize the thoughts in the field.
Elisef I'm pretty sure that the Americans are not stupid and thought about this possibility, they must have some contingency plans in this regard.
By the way, one of the ways to overcome the GPS problem is an automatic system that performs navigation according to the ground route and comparing it to a pre-prepared photograph of the target area, as well as navigation according to the stars (applied in Tomahawk cruise missiles)
It seems to me that if a country wants to fight the USA, it has a good chance if it succeeds in disabling the GPS system, as of today they depend on it.
Bill, your idea is already applied in the field of nuclear weapons, when a power launches nuclear ballistic missiles towards the enemy's continent each of them is designed to split into many warheads most of which are demi warheads, I think there are technological ways to differentiate between them.
I just thought:
1. Space can be flooded with thousands of fake satellites and then it will be difficult for the Chinese missile to locate a real target.
2. In addition, it will start a war in space because countries will raise their own robots to destroy this Chinese missile
One point, I think that the extra mass will be detected quite quickly by the satellite's gyros, especially when it tries to perform maneuvers that will suddenly require more energy than expected and than has been enough until now.
But if the destroying satellite simply accompanies him closely in the same orbit a few meters away from him it might work.
In any case, the main point of the article (according to the title) is the hijacking of the satellite for the purposes of espionage and reverse engineering, not its destruction (which can be done today by launching a missile from Earth).
It is enough for them to launch small robots that contain bombs, the robots will attach to all the enemy's satellites and at the moment of truth will activate them and paralyze the entire infrastructure for modern warfare.
I don't think the satellites have sensors designed to detect if there is another object clinging to them (maybe I'm wrong), then they actually won't be able to find out until it's too late.
crazy.