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Interestingly it takes slightly less delta v to send the satelite out of Earth's gravity well from a geo-sync orbit than to deorbit it.
by leni536 7y ago
Interestingly it takes slightly less delta v to send the satelite out of Earth's gravity well from a geo-sync orbit than to deorbit it.
- greglindahl 7y agoYes, direct-to-GEO missions sometimes dispose of the upper rocket stage in solar orbit for this reason.