There’s a constant risk of meteroid collision for spacecraft in orbit and the Perseids and other meteor showers don’t increase that risk a lot. There isn’t much that can usefully be done to avoid or defend against meteoroid collision and in practice the risk is very low. Space is big and (mostly) empty.
People don’t really understand how small stuff in space is compared to the Earth.
All the images you see of satellites around Earth are wildly deceiving. If you look at the average image, the Earth takes up most of the screen and the satellites are represented as dots the size of a period ( . ) or even bigger. But that’s just so you can see them they are not to scale.
Here’s an example. If you took an average sized globe from a classroom and wanted to put a scale model of the international space station around it. The model would be too small to see with the naked eye, and only about a centimeter above the surface. And the ISS is the biggest thing in orbit.
So to answer your question, no, nothing is really done, not because a meteor impact isn’t dangerous, but because even during shower events an impact is still extremely remote.
A meteor the size of a sand grain, or even a marble, hitting a satellite the size of a washing machine, that is 100 kilometers away from its nearest neighbor is so unlikely it’s not worth worrying about.
“Space” is called “space” because there is a lot of well empty space. It’s very rare to have a to-scale picture of anything astronomy related so people’s perception is massively distorted.
But to answer your question. No not really. There are probably emergency protocols in place for manned missions and failsafes or backups for vital satellites (at least to some extent) but basically it’s a “we take the chances” scenario.
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There’s a constant risk of meteroid collision for spacecraft in orbit and the Perseids and other meteor showers don’t increase that risk a lot. There isn’t much that can usefully be done to avoid or defend against meteoroid collision and in practice the risk is very low. Space is big and (mostly) empty.
People don’t really understand how small stuff in space is compared to the Earth.
All the images you see of satellites around Earth are wildly deceiving. If you look at the average image, the Earth takes up most of the screen and the satellites are represented as dots the size of a period ( . ) or even bigger. But that’s just so you can see them they are not to scale.
Here’s an example. If you took an average sized globe from a classroom and wanted to put a scale model of the international space station around it. The model would be too small to see with the naked eye, and only about a centimeter above the surface. And the ISS is the biggest thing in orbit.
So to answer your question, no, nothing is really done, not because a meteor impact isn’t dangerous, but because even during shower events an impact is still extremely remote.
A meteor the size of a sand grain, or even a marble, hitting a satellite the size of a washing machine, that is 100 kilometers away from its nearest neighbor is so unlikely it’s not worth worrying about.
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Yes.
Meteors can and do damage spacecraft. Pictures starting on page 17 here.
Most of the risk is from the ordinary background level of meteors, not meteor showers
The risk is considered in design, by placing critical systems in less exposed areas and adding shielding where needed.
Satellites will also orient themselves to present a narrow cross section in the direction of the meteor storm
“Space” is called “space” because there is a lot of well empty space. It’s very rare to have a to-scale picture of anything astronomy related so people’s perception is massively distorted.
But to answer your question. No not really. There are probably emergency protocols in place for manned missions and failsafes or backups for vital satellites (at least to some extent) but basically it’s a “we take the chances” scenario.