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Originally Posted by AEAJR
When I read about the various meteor showers we experience I wonder about the ISS and the satelites. They must be passing through these areas which means they could be getting hit.
We sit on the ground hopeful of seeing some big streak across the sky but for the orbiting craft these have to be deadly things that need to be dodged.
Or, is that not the case?
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That certainly is the case, hence the need for the protective systems and procedures mentioned previously. However, space is big, to put it mildly, and even with all the objects flying around in all sorts of orbits the chances of a significant piece hitting the ISS, or something else manmade, without being tracked and avoided beforehand is fairly remote - although not impossible and there have been satellite deaths which have been attributed to impacts in orbit.