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Old 30-07-2014, 03:30 PM
deanm (Dean)
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I understood that launch sites on or close to the equator are more energy efficient due to the Earth's rotational velocity (hence ESA doing Ariane/Soyuz launches from Kourou in South America, NASA at the Cape etc).

I would have thought NZ is a bit far South.

Polar orbit launches, however, are a different matter.

Dean
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