Arctic space centre could become the first to launch satellites from Europe (euronews.com) 5 points by ohjeez 3y ago ↗ HN
[–] dv_dt 3y ago ↗ Wait, aren’t the poles the most energy expensive latitudes to launch from? [–] [dead] clay-dreidels 3y ago ↗ [–] dv_dt 3y ago ↗ Thanks chatGPT? [–] diplocorp 3y ago ↗ Depends on the orbit you want, I believe. Is your goal to launch in the direction of Earth's rotation or not? Something like that. [–] avmich 3y ago ↗ Besides, equatorial speed of Earth rotation is about 450 m/s, low orbit speed is 7900 m/s. Israel has to launch counter to the Earth rotation, so it definitely can be done.
[–] diplocorp 3y ago ↗ Depends on the orbit you want, I believe. Is your goal to launch in the direction of Earth's rotation or not? Something like that. [–] avmich 3y ago ↗ Besides, equatorial speed of Earth rotation is about 450 m/s, low orbit speed is 7900 m/s. Israel has to launch counter to the Earth rotation, so it definitely can be done.
[–] avmich 3y ago ↗ Besides, equatorial speed of Earth rotation is about 450 m/s, low orbit speed is 7900 m/s. Israel has to launch counter to the Earth rotation, so it definitely can be done.
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