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sfvisser on March 2, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Low Earth Orbit Visualization

No clue about this, but I can imagine a highly elliptical orbit in perspective projection makes a seemingly sharp turn at the highest point, right?

spacemark on March 2, 2021 [–]

Nope, Molnaya orbits appear to dwell for a very long time at their apogee. That's why they're popular for Russian spy satellites.

sfvisser on March 2, 2021 | [–]

Yeah, that makes sense.

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