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ISS orbital inclination - does it drift?
brellis
post Dec 18 2008, 06:43 PM
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It is often mentioned in various reports that a shuttle, Progress or Soyuz, and now Verne crafts boost the height of the ISS orbit, which loses altitude due to atmospheric drag. Does it also drift laterally?

Does the moon affect the shape of the orbit?


Thanks for any insight!
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- brellis   ISS orbital inclination - does it drift?   Dec 18 2008, 06:43 PM
- - Tesheiner   > Does it also drift laterally? Yes it does. II...   Dec 18 2008, 09:18 PM
- - brellis   Thanks -- 4 degrees is a lot! I figured the m...   Dec 18 2008, 10:26 PM
- - djellison   I'll give this a free pass over the manned-spa...   Dec 18 2008, 10:43 PM
- - nprev   So...what is drifting at 4 deg per day, and with r...   Dec 18 2008, 11:02 PM
|- - ugordan   A quickish google search finds this site: http://i...   Dec 18 2008, 11:17 PM
- - brellis   Thanks for that research, ugordan. I understand t...   Dec 19 2008, 12:27 AM
|- - dvandorn   QUOTE (brellis @ Dec 18 2008, 06:27 PM) A...   Dec 19 2008, 05:16 AM
- - djellison   The only significant force ( other than gravity) i...   Dec 19 2008, 12:30 AM
- - BrianJ   You may find this reference of interest (and give ...   Dec 19 2008, 02:18 AM
- - PDP8E   At heavens-above.com there is a link on the main p...   Dec 19 2008, 03:26 AM
- - brellis   Thanks Brian From this and from Doug's commen...   Dec 19 2008, 03:39 AM

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