4 ms·
Can you explain why? If I am launching a rocket, and there is a 1x1 meter satellite orbiting 1000km above me. What is the probability that my rocket hits that
by gamegoblin 5y ago
Can you explain why?
If I am launching a rocket, and there is a 1x1 meter satellite orbiting 1000km above me. What is the probability that my rocket hits that satellite compared to an identical satellite at 2000km above me? The area of the angular sector of the sky that the 2000km altitude satellite is 1/4 of the 1000km altitude satellite.
- shkkmo 5y agoThe orbital launch will follow a curved path through succesive spherical shells. The percentage of the spherical shell occupied by the 1000km satellite is not 4x larger than the percentage of the spherical shell occupied by the 2000km satellite.
- only_as_i_fall 5y agoThis is the wrong mental model entirely unless your rocket launch is directly vertical and instantaneous.