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I'm sure crowded is far off, but it's still interesting to think how they interfere with each other's instrumentations (given the field of vision is immense in
by flockonus 3y ago
I'm sure crowded is far off, but it's still interesting to think how they interfere with each other's instrumentations (given the field of vision is immense in comparison to their size), is there some type of space control traffic involved?
- giantrobot 3y agoThe L2 point is about 1.5 million kilometers from Earth. The various probes like Webb and Euclid orbit around that point at (IIRC) about a million kilometers. The various probes in that orbit will effectively never interfere with each others instruments. As for coordination, at that orbit, it's going to likely be the individual agencies coordinating with one another. Every probe/satellite launch gets COSPAR IDs and other tracking IDs through various national and international agencies.
- jjgreen 3y agoMore on L2 orbits https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/01F4STZH25YJH07WTN7XJYQP8P https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/01F4STZH25YJ...
- giantrobot 3y agoGood find, I was looking for a similar (or maybe that) image for illustration. It's a good description and illustration of Lagrange orbits.