Largest disturbance due to
residual air drag
: 10
8
times
smaller than 1g…but 10
8
times larger than target
signal…..
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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….)