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The Roche Limit – If the radius of the circular orbit of a satellite orbiting a celestial body decreases, it will be destroyed by tidal forces.
The Roche Limit
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The Roche Limit – If the radius of the circular orbit of a satellite orbiting a celestial body decreases, it will be destroyed by tidal forces.
Lewis Carroll writes about military space programmes, policy, technology and the industry that supports the sector. He spent nearly two decades covering the military, the Pentagon, Congress and the defence industry as a journalist for Space Chatter magazine.