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Questions about objects in orbit which are human made, such as communications and GPS satellites, orbital observatories and space stations, and other man-made object in permanent or semi-permanent orbits around the Earth, other celestial objects, aside from the Sun, or even other satellites. Not to be confused with non-orbited man-made objects in space, that are usually referred to as "probes", or simply "spacecraft".

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How do multiple satellites deployed in the same launch reach their different final orbits?

According to a reply to the the same question on youtube by "How does it really work": "They will all remain in the same circular orbit, but they will spread out all around it to very accurately cont …
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How do multiple satellites deployed in the same launch reach their different final orbits?

For example on the Iridium-4 launch from SpaceX on 22-12-2017, 10 satellites are deployed almost at the same time. How do the satellites go into their own separate orbits after they are deployed? When …
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