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Ballpark, it’s about 9.5 km/s of delta v needed to get to ISS orbit (400 km). Of that 9.5 km/s ~1.5 km/s is to counteract drag. Translating that to fuel in the rocket equation should be pretty ez.
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FYI, way more energy is put into kinetic energy than gravitational potential energy. Like 10:1 if recall. This is irrespective of drag.
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"Space drag reduction" is my new "bikeshedding".
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@AstroKatie or@AstroBailin know.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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I was going to say "very little" but somebody already pasted in the answer they looked up like two replies in because the internet is hopeless.
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