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I was unaware that the ISS was a spacecraft. I was under the impression it was a space station. Im also unaware that the ISS is able to reach L2 or really any

• jacquesm 5y ago
  > I was unaware that the ISS was a spacecraft. I can't really help that, but here is a nice page from NASA: https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/nasa-knows/what-is-the-iss-58.html https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/nasa-... "The International Space Station is a large spacecraft in orbit around Earth." > Im also unaware that the ISS is able to reach L2 or really any orbit other than LEO roughly 400km in altitude. You can tow it wherever you want, provided you attach a suitable propulsion device. That's also how it stays in that orbit, every now and then they boost it back up to offset the orbital decay. Also: in space assembly could take place in orbit and then when the device is complete it can be sent off to L2. The problem with such a scheme is when things break down after the transit to L2.