Thegalacticraven on Instagram: "How Orbital Mechanics Works 🌍🚀 Ever wondered how rockets actually stay in space? It’s not just about going up it’s about going fast enough sideways! When a rocket launches, it first goes straight up to escape the thick part of the atmosphere, then tilts and starts building horizontal speed. Once it’s moving around 7.8 km/s, gravity pulls it down but the Earth curves away beneath it at the same rate it falls. So instead of falling down, it keeps falling around th