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So can the orbit be corrected, or is this satellite just lost?
by chucknelson 14y ago
So can the orbit be corrected, or is this satellite just lost?
- Breakthrough 14y agoIt can be corrected, but only to the extent of how much fuel/propellant is available on the satellite's on-board propulsion system... And when I mean "available", I mean "available within the new amount of distance the orbit has to be raised". From the article: "It's possible but unlikely that the satellite has enough spare propellant to complete its mission," McDowell wrote in an email to Spaceflight Now.
- Mvandenbergh 14y agoIt may be able to move into another orbit which they can use for testing, but there's no way they have enough fuel to reach their planned orbit.