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Partially! There are also ascending and descending satellites meeting. Ascending and descending doesn't mean altitude but in a "2D view" sense. See https://www.
by Gravityloss 3y ago
Partially! There are also ascending and descending satellites meeting. Ascending and descending doesn't mean altitude but in a "2D view" sense. See https://www.heavens-above.com/StarLink.aspx https://www.heavens-above.com/StarLink.aspx
- schiffern 3y agoThanks, this is an important point. I missed the fact that Starlink's orbital planes actually cover the full 360° of RAAN[0], not just 180° like Iridium did (presumably to minimize the number of satellites). So actually this Iridium-type "seam" disappears, meaning that every satellite should always have co-orbiting "neighbors" on both sides. Cool! [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_ascension_of_the_ascending_node https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_ascension_of_the_ascendi...