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2020-10-31 Science & Technology

Is NROL-101 being launched on election day to a Molniya orbit?

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Posted by 3dc 2020-10-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Looks like it. Then again, all I know about POrbital Mechanics I learned from Kerbal Space Program.

Including how to launch a payload from middle latitude launch site to a Molniya orbit with specific inclination, Argument of Periapsis and Longitude of Ascending Node, and semi-major axis and eccentricity to achieve my desire periapsis and apoapsis (preigee and apogee if you are talking about earth) and that it would pass over specific points on the ground at specified altitudes in a given interval.

Fun little game.

Posted by Theager Borgia1057 2020-10-31 02:15|| 2020-10-31 02:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Dang..glad somebody at the Burg knows this stuff! Theager's description sounded just like a Joe Biden speech to me!

Posted by Warthog 2020-10-31 09:33|| 2020-10-31 09:33|| Front Page Top

#3 re: ^ And that's why I love the 'burg.

There are things I know and things I know I don't know. That latter category gets nicely covered here.

Posted by AlanC 2020-10-31 11:36|| 2020-10-31 11:36|| Front Page Top

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