Re:Falling Chinese Space Station to Crash This Weekend
by InclinedPlane on Sunday April 01, 2018 @04:29PM
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Imagine an orbit that went around the Earth exactly parallel to the direction of the Sun, it could be in sunlight all the time. If you tilt such an orbit a little then part of it will fall into the shadow of the Earth, but perhaps only just a small part. There are other factors at play as well, such as the geometry of the Earth's shadow against an orbit and refraction of sunsets through the Earth's atmosphere.
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