Solaria 2008
3,2,1, Blast Off!
Flight Dynamics
| Author: | Mission Control | |||
| Posted: | 2/28/2008; 9:11:59 AM | |||
| Topic: | Flight Dynamics | |||
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The Flight Dynamics team will track the current location of our shuttle on an hourly basis.
Our shuttle will travel at 28215 km per hour at an altitude of 160 km. After calculating in earth's surface gravity, our shuttle will travel an orbiting distance of 6376 km each hour. You can find more information on our calculations here.
We will be using Google Maps to track our orbit.
| Time | Current Location | Distance Traveled |
| 8:00 pm | Close to Denver | 70,136 |
| 7:00 pm | Somewhere over the Indian Ocean | 63,760 km |
| 6:00 pm | Somewhere in China | 57,384 km |
| 5:00 pm | Somewhere over Turkey | 51,008 km |
| 4:00 pm | Somewhere over the North Atlantic Ocean | 44,632km |
| 3:00 pm | Somewhere over California East of Fresno | 38,256 km |
| 2:00 pm | Somewhere in Kazakhstan | 31,880 km |
| 1:00 pm | Somewhere over the Atlantic, SE of Greenland | 25,504 km |
| 12:00 pm | Somewhere over the Gulf of Alaska | 19,128 km |
| 11:00 am | Somewhere over Russia | 12,752 km |
| 10:00 am | Somewhere over Ireland | 6,376 km |
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