NASA sends final command to its NEOWISE spacecraft, ending more than a decade of asteroid observations

llamacoffee@lemmy.world · 3 months ago

NASA sends final command to its NEOWISE spacecraft, ending more than a decade of asteroid observations

jet · 3 months ago

How does increased solar activity cause it to deorbit faster?

llamacoffee@lemmy.world · 3 months ago

I’m pretty sure it’s because increased solar activity causes Earth’s atmosphere to expand and reach further into space, causing more drag higher up. I think we saw some newly-starlink satellites have to deal with this some time ago!

NASA sends final command to its NEOWISE spacecraft, ending more than a decade of asteroid observations

NASA sends final command to its NEOWISE spacecraft, ending more than a decade of asteroid observations

NASA sends final command to its NEOWISE spacecraft, ending more than a decade of asteroid observations – Spaceflight Now