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If you give a satellite a shove, it will end up on a slightly higher or lower (or eccentric) orbit depending which way you shove. It won’t keep floating off en
by cookingrobot 5y ago
If you give a satellite a shove, it will end up on a slightly higher or lower (or eccentric) orbit depending which way you shove.
It won’t keep floating off endlessly into space unless you shove it with enough energy to get to escape velocity.