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3PercentMoreInfinite t1_j13nei5 wrote

Reply to comment by BrevityIsTheSoul in Leak Inspection Finds Hole in Russian Spacecraft Docked to ISS by darthatheos

Also the debris at the altitude of ISS will fall back to earth relatively quickly. Russia isn’t the first to blow up a satellite in orbit.

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hackingdreams t1_j15h837 wrote

Large debris will take a couple of years to deorbit.

Debris that small will be in orbit for hundreds of years because they have almost no surface area for which to feel a drag force against - it's almost purely a function of the microgravity at that point.

Other ASAT tests were done at lower orbits on satellites already decaying for the most part.

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