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It's fully orbital speed but the trajectory is steep enough such that it'll come back down in the Indian ocean whether they maintain control or not.
by indoordin0saur 1y ago
It's fully orbital speed but the trajectory is steep enough such that it'll come back down in the Indian ocean whether they maintain control or not.
- oskarkk 1y agoTechnically, the trajectory of the last couple of flights is a transatmospheric orbit, meaning that if the Earth didn't have atmosphere, it would be an actual orbit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatmospheric_orbit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatmospheric_orbit