Gruebot wrote:I believe there is an example in the rule book which shows that if either the attacker or target are in high orbit then the penalties are applied even if the opposing player's ship is in low orbit.
Yep the picture on page 53 clearly mentions that you suffer the penalty if the the target is in high orbit and you are in low orbit. So no fancy measuring needed, if one of the ships in in high orbit you suffer the penalty.