Starship's First Orbital Flight
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About
“Starship's First Orbital Flight” is a 4-lesson course at Teen level, created with soclever, a personal AI teacher. Each lesson takes a few minutes and ends with a check-in question; finish the curriculum and you can take a certificate test to earn a diploma. Try the first lesson without an account — or make your own course on any topic. Shared by @meirrosenschein.
What you'll learn
- What Is Starship?. Most people think Starship is just another rocket that SpaceX will use once and throw away. That's not quite right.
- Understanding Orbital Flight. To reach orbit, a rocket must travel sideways at roughly 28,000 kilometers per hour—so fast that as it falls toward Earth, the planet's curve drops away beneath it at exactly the same rate.
Questions this course answers
What is Starship designed to be?
Starship is designed to be fully reusable, meaning the same rocket can launch, land itself intact, refuel, and fly again.
How does Starship land?
Starship slows itself down using its engines and touches down on legs.
How fast must a rocket travel to reach orbit?
To reach orbit, a rocket must travel sideways at roughly 28,000 kilometers per hour.
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