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I guess they will maneuver to their respective orbits as soon as they separated enough to do so safely. But yes, there's something delightfully simple about jus

by ygra 7y ago

I guess they will maneuver to their respective orbits as soon as they separated enough to do so safely. But yes, there's something delightfully simple about just shoving the bunch of them out there and wait.

jve 7y ago
Yes, they have thrusters and they will go from ~440km to ~550km orbit themselves > Krypton ion thrusters activate in about 3 hours to raise orbit https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1131782570864066560 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1131782570864066560 Lots of info here: https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/brfbic/rspacex_starlink_official_launch_discussion/ https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/brfbic/rspacex_star...