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phiggy t1_iufy3ld wrote

Reply to comment by 111110001011 in Remembering That Time the Soviet Union Shot a Top-Secret Space Cannon While in Orbit. by BalticsFox

thanks...that makes more sense. Any idea what firing it did to the orbital parameters of the satellite?

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111110001011 t1_iufy8n3 wrote

They fired the engines to counteract it.

That being said, they never did it again, so it probably wasn't effective. Switched to missiles.

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