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Thanks. But for ISS launches, aren't the savings minimal from Florida?
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Thanks for that elaborate, patient explanation. So essentially the Earth gives rockets a minor boost if they're heading in the direction to which the Earth is rotating. But Chris Vancil suggests that the savings are minimal if the launch is to the ISS. Might anyone know if there nevertheless are significant savings if one launches from Florida to ISS instead of from (let's say) Vandenberg, California...over the Pacific Ocean...to the ISS?

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