Orbit is a different beast than space. > The extra energy needed to make an object travel fast enough to stay in orbit is more than 30 times as much as the ene

Orbit is a different beast than space. > The extra energy needed to make an object travel fast enough to stay in orbit is more than 30 times as much as the energy needed to lift it to an altitude of 100 km. https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/272-launching-satellites https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/272-launching-sate...