r/spaceflight • u/spacedotc0m • 18d ago

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

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/private-spaceflight/axioms-private-space-station-is-coming-sooner-than-we-thought
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u/snoo-boop 17d ago

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

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u/Pootis_1 17d ago

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

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u/snoo-boop 17d ago

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

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u/Pootis_1 17d ago

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