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0 pointss1artibartfast2y ago0 comments

What would it take to put it in a parking orbit?

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A lot of delta-V.

The only parking orbit is graveyard, above GEO - everything decays over a fairly short time period.

Yep. It would require a ton of money to tank that much fuel up there. For maintenance alone, ISS requires 7 metric tonnes of fuel every year just to stay where it's at.

wkat42422y ago

7 metric tonnes isn't a lot. It's what a 747 uses to taxi to the runway.

Of course bringing 7 tonnes to orbit is another story but even that is not so bad.

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