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Re: A little orbital navigation
From: Paul Dolkas
Date: 2024 Feb 17, 21:55 -0800
From: Paul Dolkas
Date: 2024 Feb 17, 21:55 -0800
It's best to launch a spacecraft in an equitorial orbit going eastward so it can take advantage of the fact that you are traveling at 900 mph just sitting on the launch pad. So we are somewhere above the equator, and that looks like Africa directly below.
That would be my guess - Paul
