re electrical spacecraft via magnetic field of earth in article c df w bur zoo toronto edu henry zoo toronto edu henry spencer writes no a dragless satellite does not magically have no drag it burns fuel constantly to fight drag maintaining the exact orbit it would have if there was no drag this is why there are quotes around dragless i didn t exactly follow the dragless satellitte thread what is the point of it are they used for laser geodesy missions triad seemed to be some sort of navy navigation bird but why be dragless why not just update orbital parameters pat
