Okay, time for a stupid question, but it keeps me up at night trying to figure it out.
The ISS 'route' appears on paper as such:
I am imagining it has to do with a combination of its orbit and the tilt of the Earth, but if this is the case, on spring/fall equinox it should be a flat line, no?...
This answer to What are the factors exactly that will make missions like OTV-6 “Space Force launches”? which I've accepted includes the following:
The US Space Force (USSF) is the successor to Air Force Space Command (AFSPC). Because Air Force Space Command was redesignated as Space Force, an...
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Okay, time for a stupid question, but it keeps me up at night trying to figure it out.
The ISS 'route' appears on paper as such:
I am imagining it has to do with a combination of its orbit and the tilt of the Earth, but if this is the case, on spring/fall equinox it should be a flat line, no?...
This answer to What are the factors exactly that will make missions like OTV-6 “Space Force launches”? which I've accepted includes the following:
The US Space Force (USSF) is the successor to Air Force Space Command (AFSPC). Because Air Force Space Command was redesignated as Space Force, an...
