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Re:Starship will attempt a launch this weekend by hoseja on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @03:07AM (#38260396)
Presumably they meant orbital launches.
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Re:Starship will attempt a launch this weekend by Someone on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @01:02PM (#38266973)
If I understand things correctly, this launch won’t (try to) complete an orbit, either. It will make a water landing after less than one time around the earth.
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Re:Starship will attempt a launch this weekend by bryanlarsen on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @01:44PM (#38267612)
To be pedantic, this launch will have orbital velocity; if it was circular it would be orbital. IOW, it's an orbit that intersects the Earth. So it is orbital by some definitions but not by others.
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Re:Starship will attempt a launch this weekend by Diederich on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @02:26PM (#38268252)
Right, I believe they will be a few tens of meters per second short of orbital velocity.
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