We would see the trail as they reenter the atmosphere. Someone would have video of it. It’s far more likely that none of these actually exist–never mind as foreign threats–and are only hoaxes to grant casus belli for war with China in 2024 (like that Air Force general openly said already).
If rumors about 2499 is true, it was a satellite built to intercept and destroy other satellites.
So, it is possible that it even was not Cosmos-2499 that break into pieces. Really we would have some glue if some other satellite will break into pieces suddenly. Meanwhile, NORAD can't really track maneuvering sats, it needs few passes on stable orbit to find out new sat orbit parameters. Who knows, may be we already have space war.
We would see the trail as they reenter the atmosphere. Someone would have video of it. It’s far more likely that none of these actually exist–never mind as foreign threats–and are only hoaxes to grant casus belli for war with China in 2024 (like that Air Force general openly said already).
Fair point, but the satellite in question was in MEO, so it’s unlikely that any debris will be coming down any time soon anyway.
If rumors about 2499 is true, it was a satellite built to intercept and destroy other satellites.
So, it is possible that it even was not Cosmos-2499 that break into pieces. Really we would have some glue if some other satellite will break into pieces suddenly. Meanwhile, NORAD can't really track maneuvering sats, it needs few passes on stable orbit to find out new sat orbit parameters. Who knows, may be we already have space war.