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I would not be very hard to do. The principle problem is just that the moons gravity is unstable so low flying objects would need quite a bit of fuel to stay in
by nickik 6y ago
I would not be very hard to do. The principle problem is just that the moons gravity is unstable so low flying objects would need quite a bit of fuel to stay in the correctorbit.
However, since the distance to earth anyway is the limiting factor you don't need low flying sats at all. A handful of sats could do a pretty good job with global coverage.
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- kibwen 6y ago> the moons gravity is unstable How so? Even if, say, its mass were very unevenly distributed, there should still be a center of gravity around which to orbit, yeah?
- _Microft 6y agoYou can read about this here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_concentration_(astronomy)#Effect_of_lunar_mascons_on_satellite_orbits https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_concentration_(astronomy)...