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So they're doing what they were designed to do

• dylan604 3y ago
  Yes, all satellites are designed to do this, but it's the frequency that makes it interesting. If geo-sync satellites had to maneuver this often, you'd be hearing about it as well.
  • tekla 3y ago
    What is interesting about the frequency? There is a lot of them up there.
    • dylan604 3y ago
      25000/6months = 4166/month = 138/day Compare that to the frequency of a geosync bird's maneuver requests. Probably doesn't see that much action in a life time. I'm sorry you're so bored with extremely large number of satellites like it's a normal thing, but it's clearly not. It's new. It's a complicated logistical problem that is interesting. There's way more going on than just speed up/slow down decision. If you slow down too much, then you have another bird come up behind pretty quickly as well as lose altitude. you then have to know how much fuel will be required to perform the maneuver. the sooner you decide to make the maneuver the more fuel efficient it is.
      • tekla 3y ago
        I'm sorry that you are unable to comprehend that I'm bored by the simple observation that more satellites in similar orbits means that the chance of collision is higher. The logistical argument is something new you brought up because your original post claimed nothing but a simple frequency claim, so now you're trying to pivot
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