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only for retro-grade orbits, meaning you lose the "boost" from the rotation of the earth (in fact, you have to work against it) there's a reason that there are
by ArnoVW 3y ago
only for retro-grade orbits, meaning you lose the "boost" from the rotation of the earth (in fact, you have to work against it)
there's a reason that there are launch sites in French Guiana and Florida.
- closewith 3y agoWhere do you think Venezuela is?
- ArnoVW 3y agoah. serves me right for geeking out during boring meeting. confused it in my head with Colombia. Visited both, should have known better =)
- Someone 3y agoVenezuela has an eastern coast that, I think, would be suitable for a launch site if you put it south of Trinidad and Tobago. It’s far from population centers, though (1), so it would require building/growing a city for personnel to live. It also appears to be swampy (not a show stopper, as Florida shows, but not ideal, either), and it has monsoons, so the weather may be a showstopper. I also would be worried about political stability of the country. (1) Apple Maps shows Tucupita as about the only thing near that coast. It’s about 100km away and, according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucupita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucupita has a population of less than 100,000.