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That's very hard. The hop it does is just a few hundred kilometers. ISS orbits at around 300 km height. Just crossing the atlantic would require 6000 km horizon
by Gravityloss 12y ago
That's very hard. The hop it does is just a few hundred kilometers. ISS orbits at around 300 km height. Just crossing the atlantic would require 6000 km horizontal travel. So 20x horzontal vs vertical. If you want to avoid the radiation belts, you need a relatively shallow trajectory. The velocity needed is near orbital.
High ICBM trajectories have issues...