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Jaya Prasanth
Jul 26, 2022, 6:28 AM
Sriharikota offers various advantages as an ideal launch site. Situated on the East Coast and at a position nearer to the equator, rockets launched from here are aided by the additional velocity of Earth`s West-East rotation. This effect of this rotation is felt closest to the equator and is almost nil at the earth`s poles. This effect mainly benefits launches into equatorial orbits (orbits above the earth`s equator).
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