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and I would be grateful if those who understand classical mechanics, in particular the physics of orbital motion, could visit this link -- https://earthkam.ucsd.edu/resources/students_orbital_mechanics#shuttle_stays_in_orbit -- and read the description of the 'four cases' by which a spacecraft may stay in orbit. I must be misunderstanding something, but it seems nonsensical to me -- cases A and B show it crashing to the ground and not achieving orbit at all (and cases C and D also seem wrong, for different reasons).
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