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I don't think satellites stay in orbit for very long - like a few decades at the very most.
by yissp 6y ago
I don't think satellites stay in orbit for very long - like
a few decades at the very most.
- treis 6y agoDepends on their orbit. LEO will see drag from the atmosphere and will fall from orbit relatively quickly. Geostationary satellites will orbit basically forever.
- vlovich123 6y agoWon’t solar winds push it out of orbit in a geologically relatively short amount of time?
- nradov 6y agoSome of the Lagrange points allow for more stable orbits so would presumably be better places to look.
- rtsil 6y agoDepends on the orbit. Elon's roadster on its heliocentric orbit has a predicted half-life of 15 million years (1) The moon has been on orbit around the earth for billions of year and will probably remain on orbit forever (whatever "forever" means). (1) https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/5/2/57 https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/5/2/57