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SpaceX announces first human mission to ever fly over the planet’s poles (arstechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Wow, another Crew Dragon mission! The launch manifest is getting busy!

I wonder what trajectory they'll take out of Florida? Would a dogleg maneuver be required to hit a polar orbit from the east coast?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They'd kind of have to. Going straight north would be an overland path that passes a few thousand kilometer of USA. Going straight south means going over Cuba.

Iridium (and presumably other polar sattelites) launch into a high inclination orbit, and adjust to a polar orbit once they're up there.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

F9 with Crew Dragon on top should have plenty of headroom for a dogleg, the dragon module is a relatively light payload.