Appreciate the link! I actually dabbled with Clohessy-Wiltshire equations in some higher-level orbital classes years ago. I haven't done anything with spacecra

Appreciate the link! I actually dabbled with Clohessy-Wiltshire equations in some higher-level orbital classes years ago. I haven't done anything with spacecraft rendezvous since college so it definitely fell off my radar. As for the "existence" of the force, I suppose you're right in that it can get quite philosophical, as even our "Earth-Centered Inertial" reference frame isn't truly inertial.