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by wkat4242 837 days ago
It doesn't matter though. Even if they hit at 0.01% of their orbital velocities, that's still 100km/hr. So it's like a full highway speed car crash. No way two sats colliding will survive that.

And remember the collision speed can range from 0 to 200% of their ground velocities. Getting that close to zero is extremely unlikely.