[Tepix]

Getting hit by debris that flies away directly from an explosion would very bad luck indeed. Just think about how well you would have to aim to hit someone 10km away.

But some debris (in particular slower pieces) will probably oscillate around the geostationary orbit giving it countless chances of hitting other satellites.

Has someone modelled this for example in Kerbal space program?

[lupusreal]

> But some debris (in particular slower pieces) will probably oscillate around the geostationary orbit giving it countless chances of hitting other satellites.

Almost all of the debris will have orbits which intersect their orbit of origin.

[blkhawk]

well while that is true only debris that has the right speed will stay there. the issue is that debris will probably have gotten some impulse that turns it orbit elliptical. that means it will slowly ratchet along geo touching it every day or so at a different place. so you get a changes every day for every piece to hit something. And even a big piece that might just have a delta of 30km/h might damage your panels on your working Sats.

[naikrovek]

Yes, exactly.

It almost certainly won’t hit you directly, but that stuff is in orbit with you now, and it is uncontrolled.