OPTIMALITY OF CIRCULAR EQUATORIAL ORBITS FOR SPACE DEBRIS

DEBRISnnotation In LEO orbit, there are more than 20,000 objects larger than 10 cm that are space debris, while in other orbits there are more than 6,000 such objects.The paper analyzes the most favorable orbit for space debris, which is a circular orbit in the equatorial plane.It was found that a circular orbit requires 37% less kinetic energy, and it was established that the transition of space debris to a circular equatorial orbit is due to the rotation of the planet around the axis.