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16 questions linked to/from How often does ISS require re-boosting to higher orbit?
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Who navigates the ISS?
The ISS orbits around the world. Do astronauts fly the ISS on Earth's orbit like a plane pilot? If it wanted, could the ISS go to a specific part of the world apart from the the usual orbit? Does the ...
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Could SpaceX deliver the Interim Control Module to the ISS?
Three days ago Roscosmos chief, Dmitry Rogozin, bemoaned the sanctions on Twitter saying they could break the ISS cooperation, asking Joe Biden how he'd manage to manage the course corrections given ...
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Is there a change in altitude when "falling around earth"?
This just blew me away: What Is Microgravity?
The page says the reason astronauts (in the International Space Station, ISS) experience microgravity is not because they're in "space" but ...
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How many burns does it take to reboost the ISS?
When the International Space Station is given a reboost, how many burns are performed? Is it a Hohmann transfer orbit, with one perigee burn and one apogee burn? Or is it one burn at apogee just to ...
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What technologies enable or at least help satellite operation in Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO)?
This answer to How low is VLEO? (FCC's newest approval for SpaceX) suggests VLEO begins (or ends I guess) at 350 km.
The two bad things I know about in VLEO are an enhanced rate of altitude loss due ...
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How hard does atmospheric drag push on the ISS? Is it more than one pound?
A comment under this question has me thinking; with it's huge main structure and giant solar panels the ISS presents a very large cross-section to Earth's rarified atmosphere at 400 km altitude. So ...
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Why is the Orbital Velocity after SECO of Crew Dragon with 27K km/h lower than of ISS?
Crew Dragon after SECO: Orbital Vfelocity at 27,000km/h at 200km altitude (roughly 9-10min after liftoff).
ISS Orbital Velocity at ca. 28,000 km/h at 400km altitude.iss_altitude,iss speed
However from ...
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How does a Spacecraft change its orbit?
I am a high school student. I saw the latest Indian spacecraft "CHANDRYAANN 2", which was in orbit around the Earth for 14 days.....
I am so curious to know how a spacecraft changes its orbit. I ...
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How was the Space Shuttle Orbiter used for ISS Reboost?
According to this answer, for the question How often does ISS require re-boosting to higher orbit?,
During Space Shuttle years, small re-boosts were also performed by the Shuttle Orbiters (...
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What orbit would a space station need to stay in orbit for N years?
(posted before on physics stackexchange but was told to come here)
I'm reading this book which has a post-apocalyptic setting. At one point you look at the earth from the view of a 1000-year-old ...
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What is the orbital boost acceleration of the ISS?
How much acceleration does the International Space Station experience during its orbital adjustment boosts? How much thrust and for how long? Bonus question: what is the highest acceleration that the ...
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How exactly will the ISS die in 2025? [duplicate]
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”Moreover, the ISS end of life might come in 2025, and assuming you need a few years to graduate, more to get a degree, work experience, get hired, do the training... The ISS might ...
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in microgravity do you need fuel to continue same velocity? [closed]
To be more specific:
Suppose a space station is orbiting in a cislunar orbit (about 1000 miles away from the Moon). Now you keep adding more mass (huge cargo) to the cislunar space station. The space ...
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Where can I find data for Atmospheric density vs. altitude?
I'm looking for information on atmospheric density in Earth orbit. All the atmospheric density tables and graphs I've found go no higher than 100 km. Definitions like the US Standard Atmosphere don't ...
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How long would ISS stay in orbit if it didn't get reboosts?
Apparently ISS is so close to Earth's atmosphere that it requires periodical boosts to stay in orbit. If the station were completely abandoned and it wouldn't get the boosts anymore, how long would it ...