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I think you're correct. At stage 2 cutoff, they were showing a speed of ~26,000 km/h, which is approximately orbital velocity, not escape velocity.
by teraflop 9y ago
I think you're correct. At stage 2 cutoff, they were showing a speed of ~26,000 km/h, which is approximately orbital velocity, not escape velocity.
- Klathmon 9y agoAlthough I'm not fully correct. Mr. Musk just tweeted this: >Upper stage restart nominal, apogee raised to 7000 km. Will spend 5 hours getting zapped in Van Allen belts & then attempt final burn for Mars. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/960988527159795712 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/960988527159795712