Arctic space centre could become the first to launch satellites from Europe

Posted by ohjeez on Sunday December 11, 2022 @12:40PM
from the euronews.com dept.

https://www.euronews.com/next/2022/12/09/this-arctic-space-centre-could-become-the-first-to-launch-satellites-from-mainland-europe

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Re:Arctic space centre could become the first to launch sate... by dv_dt on Sunday December 11, 2022 @12:42PM (#33945369)

Wait, aren’t the poles the most energy expensive latitudes to launch from?

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Re:Arctic space centre could become the first to launch sate... by diplocorp on Sunday December 11, 2022 @05:54PM (#33948504)

Depends on the orbit you want, I believe. Is your goal to launch in the direction of Earth's rotation or not? Something like that.

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Re:Arctic space centre could become the first to launch sate... by avmich on Sunday December 11, 2022 @08:36PM (#33949825)

Besides, equatorial speed of Earth rotation is about 450 m/s, low orbit speed is 7900 m/s. Israel has to launch counter to the Earth rotation, so it definitely can be done.

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Re:Arctic space centre could become the first to launch sate... by dv_dt on Sunday December 11, 2022 @12:57PM (#33945545)

Thanks chatGPT?

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