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• Fermion@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The strength of gravity at the orbital altitude of the ISS is 88% the strength of gravity at the earth’s surface, if anyone wants the actual number.

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• zoe@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  also solar storms can’t be good for business… i guess it wouldn’t be economically viable to also add orbit maintaining thrusters…might as well just keep launching sat batches to maintain the network shells

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  • Deiskos@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Starlinks do actually have stationkeeping thrusters, thats how they can spread apart after a group of them is deployed together, and that’s how they can have 5 year designed lifetime at an orbit this low.

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    • zoe@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      so i assume, that if they deorbit, then it is because they run out of fuel ?

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