Jerb322toNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world·8 months agoDo satellites have different levels for direction they are traveling?message-squarearrow-up136arrow-down11message-square20file-textfedilink
arrow-up135arrow-down1message-squareDo satellites have different levels for direction they are traveling?Jerb322toNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world·8 months agomessage-square20file-textfedilink
Like distance from the Earth. And do some of them “sit” in one place, like always over North America?
minus-squareCinnerBarrow-up1arrow-down0·8 months agoedit-28 months agolinkfedilinkHeard of them (UFOs sub, lots of heavy reading, skimming the physics parts) but never knew what they were. That’s a great understandable explanation, and fascinating, thanks.
minus-squareUpsKaputtarrow-up1arrow-down0·8 months agolinkfedilinkThe JWST actually sits at a Lagrange Point (L2) There is a good write up including video and animations to explain what where and why https://webb.nasa.gov/content/about/orbit.html
Heard of them (UFOs sub, lots of heavy reading, skimming the physics parts) but never knew what they were. That’s a great understandable explanation, and fascinating, thanks.
The JWST actually sits at a Lagrange Point (L2)
There is a good write up including video and animations to explain what where and why https://webb.nasa.gov/content/about/orbit.html