To add to this, all of these micro-satellites are deployed in the upper atmosphere and thus have some drag applied. Their orbits naturally decay after several years and they burn up. That is why there aren’t as many regulations for their deployment compared to higher orbits. They don’t even boost them, opting to launch new replacements for those that burned up, which means even fewer regulations because they don’t have explosive propellant.
A successful attack would only need to apply some additional drag that would effectively cause the orbit to decay much faster.
To add to this, all of these micro-satellites are deployed in the upper atmosphere and thus have some drag applied. Their orbits naturally decay after several years and they burn up. That is why there aren’t as many regulations for their deployment compared to higher orbits. They don’t even boost them, opting to launch new replacements for those that burned up, which means even fewer regulations because they don’t have explosive propellant.
A successful attack would only need to apply some additional drag that would effectively cause the orbit to decay much faster.