Timeline for Lowest delta-v maneuver to reverse the direction of a satellite in LEO?
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| Apr 11, 2020 at 22:01 | comment | added | user3528438 | I'm surprised the optimal solution isn't gradually increase inclination via precession. | |
| Nov 12, 2017 at 8:05 | vote | accept | uhoh | ||
| Sep 2, 2017 at 14:14 | comment | added | uhoh | @LorenPechtel oh, that's good enough, I can understand what they are doing and I'll give it a go soon. Thanks! :-) | |
| Sep 2, 2017 at 13:57 | comment | added | Loren Pechtel | @uhoh forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/… My memory was wrong, it's less than 60 degrees. Note that the years have done some damage to the math in the thread, some posts have been fixed, some haven't. | |
| Sep 2, 2017 at 11:36 | comment | added | uhoh | @LorenPechtel can you find a link for that - I'd like to read more and see the math. Thanks! | |
| Sep 2, 2017 at 4:19 | comment | added | Loren Pechtel | A KSP player did the math for in-game orbits (for which raising it to infinity is actually practical as it's the edge of the planet's Hill sphere) and it's about 60 degrees of plane change that make the trip to infinity the cheapest approach. | |
| Sep 1, 2017 at 19:36 | history | edited | pericynthion | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 1, 2017 at 0:52 | history | answered | pericynthion | CC BY-SA 3.0 |