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>once it's cleared out most of the Earth's gravitational pull There's about 90% as much gravity at the altitude of the ISS. It's the atmosphere (and associate
by schiffern 14y ago
>once it's cleared out most of the Earth's gravitational pull
There's about 90% as much gravity at the altitude of the ISS.
It's the atmosphere (and associated gravity drag), not the 1/r^2 scaling, that does it.
- elteto 14y agoTrue! Really common misconception and yet I fell for it, thanks.