Timeline for How much is a geostationary satellite expected to deviate from the geostationary orbit?
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| Jan 19, 2017 at 8:30 | history | bounty ended | cobarzan | ||
| Jan 14, 2017 at 18:38 | comment | added | Puffin | @uhoh Thankyou and yes, you are right on both counts. I just had an over-pernickity moment when writing "largely"! | |
| Jan 14, 2017 at 18:35 | history | edited | Puffin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Improved explanation responding to comments.
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| Jan 14, 2017 at 15:53 | comment | added | uhoh | This is really helpful to see these all in one place, and in plain English! "...with a latitude other than 0.0 deg largely means in an inclined orbit,..." are you using "largely" out of caution (there might be something crazy you haven't though of) or is there something you are not saying. Naively I'd guess it would be always, not just largely. "...drift firstly in longitude because the Earth is not exactly spherical..." needs adjusting - it's not due to oblateness (latitude variation) it's due to "lumpiness" (longitudinal variation) of the Earth's gravity field, right? | |
| Jan 13, 2017 at 20:04 | comment | added | Chris | Really good answer. | |
| Jan 13, 2017 at 17:39 | history | answered | Puffin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |