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There can be interesting impacts on orbiting satellites - mostly gravity irregularities just add stationkeeping work, but they can sometime be leveraged to alte
by Galxeagle 5y ago
There can be interesting impacts on orbiting satellites - mostly gravity irregularities just add stationkeeping work, but they can sometime be leveraged to alter a satellite’s orbital inclination (a plane change).
For Lunar orbit they’re even more of a consideration, in addition to Earth’s gravity effect on lunar satellites.
https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2006/30nov_highorbit https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2006/3...