One method of attitude-controlling these devices is via gravity-gradient stabilization, which typically requires that an extended boom be present.
One method of attitude-controlling these devices is via gravity-gradient stabilization, which typically requires that an extended boom be present. The destruction of these devices may eventually lead to an ablation cascade, as proposed by Kessler. Over the course of their lives, these devices consume their "delta-v budget", and once that budget is almost over, they may be graveyarded. These devices must perform station-keeping maneuvers when located in low Earth orbit. The GPS constellation features 32 of these devices. For 10 points, name these manmade objects that are launched into space, the first of which was Sputnik.
One method of attitude-controlling these devices is via gravity-gradient stabilization, which typically requires that an extended boom be present.
artificial satellites [or rockets; or spacecrafts; or spaceships] 