EaslMar
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I know this seems like a simple question, but I've been looking through all the manuals and the Orbiter Forum trying to find the answer to this, and have not found anything.
Is atmospheric friction (and particularly the orbit decay it causes) modelled in Orbiter? What I mean is, for example, if I were to run a simulation lasting many (virtual) months, would space stations, etc. need periodic boosts so as not to reenter the atmosphere? Or does anything above 200km stay in its same orbit no matter how low it is?
Is atmospheric friction (and particularly the orbit decay it causes) modelled in Orbiter? What I mean is, for example, if I were to run a simulation lasting many (virtual) months, would space stations, etc. need periodic boosts so as not to reenter the atmosphere? Or does anything above 200km stay in its same orbit no matter how low it is?