> "...Russia has publicly claimed that their satellite is for scientific purposes,” she said.
> “However, the orbit is in a region not used by any other spacecraft — that in itself was somewhat unusual. And the orbit is in a region of higher radiation than normal lower Earth orbits, but not high enough of a radiation environment to allow accelerated testing of electronics as Russia has described the purpose to be,” Stewart elaborated.
Polluting orbits could immediately nullify commercial, safety, and military defense intelligence capabilities of all space operating world powers. Bad stuff.
> “However, the orbit is in a region not used by any other spacecraft — that in itself was somewhat unusual. And the orbit is in a region of higher radiation than normal lower Earth orbits, but not high enough of a radiation environment to allow accelerated testing of electronics as Russia has described the purpose to be,” Stewart elaborated.
Polluting orbits could immediately nullify commercial, safety, and military defense intelligence capabilities of all space operating world powers. Bad stuff.