It’s four seconds this time. With more and more debris building up over time, this problem is only going to get worse.
Comment on India shifted launch of its Chandrayaan-3 moon lander to avoid space objects
AllBlue22@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I understand the sentiment but a 4 second delay is hardly a story.
NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 11 months ago
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 months ago
A 4 second delay can mean losing a launch window.
smallaubergine@kbin.social 11 months ago
4 seconds? Usually launch windows are in hours and days right? Unless you have barely any fuel margin and you're trying to hit a very very specific orbit I can't imagine 4 seconds being a huge issue. But I'm no orbital dynamicist
FaceDeer@kbin.social 11 months ago
It's not a huge deal, and if it were then the mission is already balanced on a knife's edge and shouldn't have been designed that way in the first place. There are plenty of technical problems that could cause a 4-second delay.
TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 11 months ago
Maybe if you're trying to hit a Honda Civic from a couple million miles away using an unpowered ballistic trajectory.