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what is the range of angle for launching a projectile into orbit?
if you say angle is irrelevent: read below; else don't bother reading it
i posted an earlier question similar where i wanted to find out the direction of escape velocity and was told direction is irrelevent, so i assumed since if you fire a projectile slightly below escape velocity, the direction concepts should be similar. but if a projectile was fired directly up, the gravitational force would be vertically down and the velocity vertically up, so there would be no way to introduce a horizontal component so the projectile could not go into orbit.
also: what should i do if i have more questions.. i feel bad for having 3 threads on the first page of this forum
if you say angle is irrelevent: read below; else don't bother reading it
i posted an earlier question similar where i wanted to find out the direction of escape velocity and was told direction is irrelevent, so i assumed since if you fire a projectile slightly below escape velocity, the direction concepts should be similar. but if a projectile was fired directly up, the gravitational force would be vertically down and the velocity vertically up, so there would be no way to introduce a horizontal component so the projectile could not go into orbit.
also: what should i do if i have more questions.. i feel bad for having 3 threads on the first page of this forum