Axiom's private space station is coming sooner than we thought

[u/spacedotc0m]

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/private-spaceflight/axioms-private-space-station-is-coming-sooner-than-we-thought

[u/snoo-boop]

Sure, it's the 2nd most popular rideshare orbit after SSO.

Which has little to do with a crewed space station.

[u/Pootis_1 → u/snoo-boop]

Earth observation has never been the sole reason for a station being launched but almost every space station has done significant earth observation stuff

Skylab was in a 50 degree inclination orbit specifically to do earth observation

[u/snoo-boop → u/Pootis_1]

Earth observation by uncrewed satellites has made many advances since Skylab.

[u/Pootis_1 → u/snoo-boop]

The point is stations do earth observation work still

Like NASA says as much it's not that hard to find this stuff out

There are multiple earth observation instruments on the ISS

[u/snoo-boop → u/Pootis_1]

The point is that stations do very little earth observation work.

[u/Pootis_1 → u/snoo-boop]

enough that is still influences the orbital inclination they're launched into