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That's super interesting! I love this discussion. Would the satellite be that low though? 250 miles (400km) is still going to experience significant atmospheric
by ericbarrett 5y ago
That's super interesting! I love this discussion. Would the satellite be that low though? 250 miles (400km) is still going to experience significant atmospheric drag. Fine for a cheap mass deployment like Starlink, but I'd expect an imaging satellite to be set up for a longer mission duration. Then again maybe the cost of additional mass for station-keeping is worth it for the imaging quality.
- Koshkin 5y agohttps://globalcomsatphone.com/satellites-and-their-altitudes/ https://globalcomsatphone.com/satellites-and-their-altitudes...
- penagwin 5y agoYou can find a list of satellites here: https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/satellite-database https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/satellite-database According to the image on Google maps it was taken by Maxar. Maxar appears to have a few satellites, looks like 5 in geostationary orbit (~35,700km), 3 at about 400km and 1 at about 500km.
- jcims 5y agoLooks like you nailed it! ctrl+f pushbroom in the thread if you haven’t seen it.