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Re:SpaceX launch webcast: Orbcomm-2 Mission [video] by cmsmith on Monday December 21, 2015 @09:18PM (#10775313)
>A hydrazine propulsion system is installed on the spacecraft for orbit adjustment maneuvers and orbit maintenance providing a delta-v budget of more than 100 meters per second for each satellite.

>Because OG2 satellites are launched in groups of several spacecraft, they require propulsion systems to place the satellite into different nodal planes to begin operations.

There's the answer, courtesy Orbcomm.

Re:SpaceX launch webcast: Orbcomm-2 Mission [video] by jacquesm on Monday December 21, 2015 @09:20PM (#10775320)
Neat :) So they do their own placement. Nasty stuff, hydrazine. F16's use it as emergency fuel.
Re:SpaceX launch webcast: Orbcomm-2 Mission [video] by TeMPOraL on Monday December 21, 2015 @09:31PM (#10775384)
But you can use it to grow space potatoes! :).
Re:SpaceX launch webcast: Orbcomm-2 Mission [video] by JabavuAdams on Monday December 21, 2015 @09:59PM (#10775514)
After it chemically burns and then ignites you, yes.