Final answer:
The question refers to a narrative scenario where a character destroys a satellite, but without further context, a factual answer cannot be provided. Instead, an analogy of how satellites are launched and maintained in orbit is given, describing potential methods for disabling or destroying a satellite in a general sense.
Step-by-step explanation:
The question appears to be related to a specific scenario, most likely from a novel, film, or other narrative medium, rather than a real-world application. Therefore, without further context, providing a factual response is not possible. However, I can provide some information on satellites and how they operate to give you an understanding that may be related to the question.
When talking about how a satellite is launched, one can use the analogy described, where a gun fires a bullet horizontally from the top of a high mountain without the presence of air friction. In this analogy, the bullet represents the satellite, and the only force acting on it after leaving the muzzle is gravity.
This force causes the bullet to follow a curved path around the Earth, similar to how satellites stay in orbit. The motion of an orbiting satellite is a balance between its velocity (speed and direction) in space and the gravitational pull of the Earth.
If a satellite were to be disabled or destroyed, in reality, it would require either physically damaging the satellite in some way, for example, using anti-satellite weapons (ASAT), or perhaps hacking into the satellite's control system to render it non-operational.