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Can the Moon provide momentum to an object in Earth's orbit? Gravity Assisted Boost [closed]
Can a satellite maintain an equatorial orbit around Earth near the Moon's orbit to receive partial gravitational boosts by gaining momentum as the satellite passes though the Moon's gravity well?
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Actual observable horizon for satellites on an orbit line map?
On a casual star walk, (for comparison of identifying different objects) I witnessed some meteors, quite a few satellites gliding on their smooth and straight trajectories, and some airplanes with ...
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