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why space rockets are usually launched from west to east in the equtorial plane?

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Our earth rotates from west to east. So, when a rocket is propelled from west to east in the equatorial plane, the rocket gets added advantage of earth’s rotational speed. A component of earth’s rotational speed adds up with the projection speed of the rocket.


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