Re: report: ISS minor debris strike

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Chuck Stewart  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Er.... Can you state the LEO resolution capabilities of Russian and/or US
>radar?
>And, while we're at it, at what size does orbital debris become a definite
>"Bad Day"? ;)

Historically, the anxiety has been about objects in the 1-10 cm range:
tracking becomes very unreliable below about 10 cm, and about 1 cm is
the upper limit of the station's debris shielding.
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MOST launched 30 June; first light, 29 July; 5arcsec    | Henry Spencer
pointing, 10 Sept; first science, early Oct; all well.  | [EMAIL PROTECTED]