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You don't need to reach the exact Lagrange point and reduce your velocity relative to it to 0. James Webb will be orbiting the Sun-Earth L2 with an apogee of ne
by jakeinspace 5y ago
You don't need to reach the exact Lagrange point and reduce your velocity relative to it to 0. James Webb will be orbiting the Sun-Earth L2 with an apogee of nearly a million miles. There is a ridiculous amount of room for craft to orbit L2, just like there is to orbit Earth (beyond LEO).
- bdcp 5y agoAlso there are other satellites at L2 already. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_objects_at_Lagrange_points https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_objects_at_Lagrange_po... It's really a none issue