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mr_toad
5 months ago
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Data centers in space makes no sense
Tridents can reach mach 19. Orbital velocity is more like mach 100.
Not that the UK manufactures trident missiles anyway.
eeL3bo1mohn7pee
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27720km/h orbital velocity is Mach 22.4 at a sea level speed of sound
kuschku
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You don't need orbital velocity to blow satellites away. Just do a well-timed suborbital launch against the satellite's orbit, and the satellite will provide most of the kinetic energy.
adastra22
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Orbital velocity is nowhere near mach 100.
blibble
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if only you could put some sort of explosive charge on the top
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Not that the UK manufactures trident missiles anyway.