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Re:The most unethical thing I was asked to build while worki... by adastra22 on Monday November 07, 2022 @06:45PM (#33514168)
Yeah anything above about ~1000km or so is essentially zero drag.
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Re:The most unethical thing I was asked to build while worki... by tomrod on Monday November 07, 2022 @07:04PM (#33514332)
It adds up. Also, Kessler syndrome potential is not negligible.
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Re:The most unethical thing I was asked to build while worki... by adastra22 on Monday November 07, 2022 @07:06PM (#33514353)
Kessler syndrome is important but somewhat unrelated.

Beyond LEO the drag is really negligible in the sense that other factors (e.g. gravitational abnormalities, the moon) have larger effects.

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