Largest disturbance due to residual air drag: 108 times
smaller than 1g…but 108 times larger than target
signal….. Ž Partial drag compensation (FEEP thrusters)
& partial CMR (Common Mode Rejection)
Equatorial orbit easier (no regression of the nodes, stays
perpendicular to s/c spin axis…) but sun-synchronous
orbit much less expensive to reach (from high latitude
russian launchers….)