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Questions regarding Low Earth Orbit or LEO, which refers to orbits at an altitude between approximately 160 kilometers / 100 miles and 2,000 kilometers / 1,200 miles.

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Is it possible to reach space using home-made rocket?

Your first question is a short description of the da Vinci Project that was an entrant in the X Prize contest. Reaching orbit means getting your vehicle up to 9.3 kilometers per second. Without car …
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Early high-inclination crewed flights

Baikonur is at 46 deg. latitude. You can lift the most payload by going into an inclination that equals your launch latitude. ISS ended up at 57 deg., so Shuttle flights needed to launch close to th …
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