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Note that the orbit seems stable its speed changed by only .00000275238224 m/s but isnt perfectly circular, dipping from about 42164140 to 42145199, and goes more than 1 full orbit in 86164 s.
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How far beyond a full orbit does it go? It should be short by 278.349 meters in 86164 seconds considering the sidereal rotation time of the earth.
The Earth rotates once in a few minutes under a day (23 hours 56 minutes 04. 09053 seconds).
23 x 3600 = 82800
56 x 60 = 3360
4 x 1 = 4
82800 + 3360 + 4 = 86164. What is the final margin of error you are showing?
I will need some time to run my own sim, give me a day or two.
Bill
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