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What would happen if you launched at a faster speed in to orbit?
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∙ 11y ago
Depending on the direction in which your speed was pointed, and at
what stage of the launch it was faster, any of these could happen:
-- you would get to orbit sooner
-- you would settle into a smaller, more circular orbit
-- you would settle into a larger, more eccentric orbit
-- you would not orbit at all, but escape the Earth completely and never return
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