Re:DirecTV races to decommission broken satellite before it ...
by pdonis on Friday January 24, 2020 @12:00PM
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> Is it that you want the de-orbit to hit the atmosphere at a shallow angle instead of plunging to earth?
De-orbiting to hit the atmosphere at a shallow angle would actually take slightly less delta-v than de-orbiting to a straight plunge to Earth. But both are much larger than the delta-v required to get to a graveyard orbit.
De-orbiting to hit the atmosphere at a shallow angle would actually take slightly less delta-v than de-orbiting to a straight plunge to Earth. But both are much larger than the delta-v required to get to a graveyard orbit.