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Geosynchronous is nowhere near 1/4 distance to the moon. This sat is temporarily going to a highly eccentric transfer orbit on its way to GEO.
by kindredlight 13y ago
Geosynchronous is nowhere near 1/4 distance to the moon. This sat is temporarily going to a highly eccentric transfer orbit on its way to GEO.
- ssewell 13y agoYep. Keyword is "transfer" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geostationary_transfer_orbit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geostationary_transfer_orbit
- mnw21cam 13y agoLooks like a bi-elliptic transfer to me. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi-elliptic_transfer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi-elliptic_transfer
- peeters 13y agoYou're right of course, although I would argue that the difference between 1/11 the distance to the moon (geostationary orbit) and 1/4 the distance to the moon are not off by an order of magnitude, compared to LEO or other lower orbits.
- deletes 13y agohttps://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/404067161175379968 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/404067161175379968