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		indoordin0saur 62 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SpaceX launches Starship megarocket on 11th test f... It's fully orbital speed but the trajectory is steep enough such that it'll come back down in the Indian ocean whether they maintain control or not.

oskarkk 62 days ago [–]

Technically, the trajectory of the last couple of flights is a transatmospheric orbit, meaning that if the Earth didn't have atmosphere, it would be an actual orbit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatmospheric_orbit

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