• JcbAzPx@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    The heat would be moving at the same speed. Though, that does mean it wouldn’t be any better in any other orbit.

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      19 minutes ago

      Thermal energy is primarily dissipated as infrared light which moves at the speed of light. There is no way for space to accumulate heat. If that were the case the entire solar system would be unlivable. The IR emitted by satellites is truly negligible in comparison to the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the sun.

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      6 hours ago

      Again, it doesn’t help the case, but just… no. The heat gets out of the spacecraft by radiating, and radiation doesn’t move in a circular orbit around Earth, it moves at speed of light outwards from where it started.