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It 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
by Breakthrough 14y ago
It 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.