Comments on: Some Stuff About Satellite Orbits. https://scientificgamer.com/some-stuff-about-satellite-orbits/ Science, gaming, and all things in between. Wed, 01 Jul 2026 22:05:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.36 By: » The Journey Is More Interesting Than The Destination. The Scientific Gamer https://scientificgamer.com/some-stuff-about-satellite-orbits/#comment-835 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 19:28:28 +0000 http://scientificgamer.wordpress.com/?p=641#comment-835 [...] about on here before: delta-v costs, the exponential fuel requirements of rocket staging, and Hohmann transfer orbits, which all combine into one unholy Megazord of making space travel as complicated as possible. We [...]

]]> By: innokenti https://scientificgamer.com/some-stuff-about-satellite-orbits/#comment-202 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:28:20 +0000 http://scientificgamer.wordpress.com/?p=641#comment-202 Lightning is still a weird name for a satellite. Almost all the other names I can understand, either in a capacity of how it relates to the activity, or the ideological soviet bent. But Lightning?

]]> By: hentzau https://scientificgamer.com/some-stuff-about-satellite-orbits/#comment-201 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:43:46 +0000 http://scientificgamer.wordpress.com/?p=641#comment-201 Because lightning strikes from 40,000 km up DIDN’T YOU KNOW THAT KENTI.

No, it’s because the first satellites to use that sort of orbit were called Molniya. I don’t know why Low Earth Orbit isn’t called Sputnik but eh.

]]> By: innokenti https://scientificgamer.com/some-stuff-about-satellite-orbits/#comment-200 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:33:17 +0000 http://scientificgamer.wordpress.com/?p=641#comment-200 Molniya means lightning. No… I don’t know why we call it that. Why do we call it that?

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