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Orbit 101
The beginner’s course: why an orbit is falling and missing the ground, and what each control on the map really does.
Episodes
- Orbit 101
Aiming at the Moon: the burn that throws you there
From Orbit 101: The beginner’s course: why an orbit is falling and missing the ground, and what each control on the map really does.
- Orbit 101
Orbital speed: why lower orbits go faster
From Orbit 101: The beginner’s course: why an orbit is falling and missing the ground, and what each control on the map really does.
- Orbit 101
Circularising: the burn that makes it stay up
From Orbit 101: The beginner’s course: why an orbit is falling and missing the ground, and what each control on the map really does.
- Orbit 101
The gravity turn: why rockets lean over
From Orbit 101: The beginner’s course: why an orbit is falling and missing the ground, and what each control on the map really does.
- Orbit 101
Why prograde raises the far side
From Orbit 101: The beginner’s course: why an orbit is falling and missing the ground, and what each control on the map really does.
- Orbit 101
Apoapsis and periapsis: the high point and the low point
This is Orbital Radio. Out here, you’re never alone. Here’s a riddle. Your ship is in orbit, engines off. Nothing’s pushing it. Nothing’s touching it. Up above…
- Orbit 101
Falling around the world: what an orbit is
Let’s start with a question that sounds like a trick. Your ship is in orbit around the Earth. A hundred kilometres up, engines off, everything quiet. So what’s…