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ShepherdKing
2154 days ago
Not sure if it's related, but asteroid 2020 ND is supposed to be passing by the Earth on July 24th.
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-nasa-a...
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sonofgod
2154 days ago
That's passing fourteen times further away from the moon. It won't have any effect on satellite operations.
For a sense of scale on satellites:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Earth_orbit#/media/File:Or...
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For a sense of scale on satellites: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Earth_orbit#/media/File:Or...