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How fast does a rocket have to be traveling to go into orbit around the earth?
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∙ 8y ago
Different Rockets fly in different speed but commonly a rocket flies at 40,320 Km/hr. simple to understand the escape velocity of earth is 11.2 Km/sec (i.e) 672 Km/min=> 40,320Km/hr. when a rocket gains a speed of escape velocity it would go to space untill then it will fall back on earth's surface due to gravitational force. so a minimum of 11.2 Km/sec is a must needed speed for rocket to fly. the peed of rocket greatly depend upon its mass. higher the mass more the energy required to fly.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 8y agoClose to Earth's surface, a speed of about 7.9 kilometers/second is required for a stable orbit. Further out, the required speed is less (but the total energy is more).Please note that an object orbiting the Earth would not be called a "rocket"; rather, it would be called a "satellite".
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∙ 8y ago
The smallest possible Earth orbit is the one that skims the surface ...
impossible because of the presence of air, but you get the idea.
In that orbit, the object travels at 7.9 km/sec (17,672 mph), and completes
one revolution every 84 minutes.
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∙ 15y agoyou would have to travel seven miles a seconed for the rocket to escape the earth's gravity
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∙ 11y agoIt depends on which rocket it is, some can go mach 3; that is about 2200 mph.
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Where is the earth in its orbit when its traveling at its fastest?
At the point when it is closest to the sun.
How long to get from earth to Venus'?
That depends on the speed that you're traversing, The closest Venus comes to Earth in it's orbit around the Sun is about 25 million miles. If you were traveling to Venus in a rocket ship at a speed of 25,000 miles per hour, it would take you 1,000 hours to get there, or 41.66 days.
How is the orbit of the earth around the sun shaped?
All planets in our solar system, including the the Earth have an elliptical orbit around our Sun. In Earth's case, the orbit is nearly circular.
When does the moon orbit earth?
The moon is in constant orbit around the earth, all the time.
If a rocket was launched from earth and traveled close to the planet mars it could go to orbit how could this happen?
If the rocket from earth looped into the Mars gravitational pull it should be pulled into a orbital path around the planet. But as on earth it would eventually slow down and be attracted to the surface of Mars were it would crash
What is speed of rocket in one second?
This all depends on orbital altitude. In order to maintain orbit around the Earth a rocket needs to be traveling at least 12 km/s.
How does a rocket lift off the ground and what keeps a satellite in orbit?
A rocket can rise into the air because the gases it expels with a downward action force exert an equal but opposite reaction force on the rocket. Satellites in orbit around Earth continuously fall toward Earth, but because Earth is curved they travel around it.
What would happen if the thrust of the rocket at take-off was not enough to put the rocket in orbit around the earth?
it would not take off
What does a orbiter in a space rocket do?
it lets you orbit around space and go back to earth safely
What would happen if the thrust of the rocket at take off was not enough to put the rocket in orbit around the earth?
It would crash like NASA's Titan rocket did.
Where does the earth travel fast?
The Earth travels around the sun in an orbit that is in an elliptical (oval) shape. The sun is not in the center of the oval, but nearer to one end. The point in Earth's orbit when it is closest to the sun is called the perihelion, and that is also the point when the Earth is traveling fastest in its orbit. Where it is furthest from the sun (aphelion) is where it is traveling slowest.
How fast is the space shuttle traveling as it orbits the Earth?
Answer The speed in orbit is around 17500 miles an hour.
What prevents the earth from traveling out into deep space?
The mutual forces of gravitational attraction between the Earth and the Sun do, having settled the Earth into orbit around the Sun.
What are the largest rocket bilt?
first person to orbit the earth
Can a rocket traveling at orbital velocity reach the moon?
Yes, but it has to be travelling at the MOON'S orbital velocity, which is quite a bit more than that needed for low earth or even geosynchronous orbit. The faster one goes, the higher the orbit.
How do you use 'orbit' in a short sentence?
As a noun: The rocket placed the satellite into a high Earth orbit. As a verb: The satellite had to travel very fast to orbit the Earth.
Explain why a space shuttle will stay in in orbit around the earth and will not fall to the earth?
The space shuttle is traveling at a speed such that its fall to earth matches the curvature of the earth. As a result, it is "falling" to the earth at the same rate that the earth's surface is rotating away, so it stays in orbit.
