Posted: Dec 27, 2021 8:16 am
Calilasseia wrote:The big problem with a return to LEO being...
...The conversion of gravitational potential energy into kinetic energy.
Calilasseia wrote:Though if this course of action is taken, ensuring that the replacement instrument doesn't come into contact with the dead one will concentrate minds wonderfully as well.
The dead one won't remain at L2. Any orbit at L2 is metastable.