Rocks, lasers, pirate radio (rock’n-roll?) and big parabolic mirrors?
Throw in a carton or two of cigarettes, two boxes of chocolate, one flask of Ol’ Grandad, two pairs of nylon stockings, one box of condoms, one ’45 caliber semi-automatic pistol with two boxes of ammunition, $500 in gold and one could have a pretty good time in orbit or Vegas!
Air Force Space Doctrine (AFDD 2.2-1) talked about the “5 Ds” of offensive counterspace. IIRC, they were deny, disrupt, degrade, damage, and destroy. As you progress down the list of Ds, you go from reversible to irreversible effects. The point is you don’t always want or need to inflict permanent damage. Denial and disruption might be handled via jammers or cyber attack. Even disruption might not be a kinetic event. You can permanently disable a satellite by something as simple as obstructing its earth or star sensors so it can’t maintain attitude control. This will result in one piece of space junk instead of thousands.
Another cool tech. A maneuverable copper half-pipe that can be positioned between an adversarial satellite and ground com. It irradiates its own white noise across all G&C and downlink frequencies but effects can be switched off instantly once the political situation is resolved. Launched on Starship. These need to be made cheap and plentiful. And don’t add to space junk if deorbited. But it’s hard to beat ground based lasers on a cost basis. Unfortunately its effects are more permanent.
Because of its numerical superiority Starlink is a prime example of a difficult to disrupt space technology. In fact it could engender another arms race to fill the gap. Rendering ground based astronomy difficult at best. Lost of software filters will be used to patch up and remove lines from time lapse astrophotography.
Rocks, lasers, pirate radio (rock’n-roll?) and big parabolic mirrors?
Throw in a carton or two of cigarettes, two boxes of chocolate, one flask of Ol’ Grandad, two pairs of nylon stockings, one box of condoms, one ’45 caliber semi-automatic pistol with two boxes of ammunition, $500 in gold and one could have a pretty good time in orbit or Vegas!
Air Force Space Doctrine (AFDD 2.2-1) talked about the “5 Ds” of offensive counterspace. IIRC, they were deny, disrupt, degrade, damage, and destroy. As you progress down the list of Ds, you go from reversible to irreversible effects. The point is you don’t always want or need to inflict permanent damage. Denial and disruption might be handled via jammers or cyber attack. Even disruption might not be a kinetic event. You can permanently disable a satellite by something as simple as obstructing its earth or star sensors so it can’t maintain attitude control. This will result in one piece of space junk instead of thousands.
Another cool tech. A maneuverable copper half-pipe that can be positioned between an adversarial satellite and ground com. It irradiates its own white noise across all G&C and downlink frequencies but effects can be switched off instantly once the political situation is resolved. Launched on Starship. These need to be made cheap and plentiful. And don’t add to space junk if deorbited. But it’s hard to beat ground based lasers on a cost basis. Unfortunately its effects are more permanent.
Because of its numerical superiority Starlink is a prime example of a difficult to disrupt space technology. In fact it could engender another arms race to fill the gap. Rendering ground based astronomy difficult at best. Lost of software filters will be used to patch up and remove lines from time lapse astrophotography.
Lost = lots