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The earth's escape velocity, which is the speed necessary to overcome gravity and achieve either orbit or escape, is about 25,000 miles per hour (or about 7 miles per second). From a physics standpoint, it's the speed at which a rocket's kinetic energy plus its gravitational potential energy is zero. Every celestial body has a different escape velocity, depending upon its mass.

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