The launching of satellites

Satellites are considered one of the most modern technologies that help in all sort of things: communication, geolocations, space observation... And you've certainly heard about them orbiting the planet, but something odd is going around! basing on the escape velocity construct, if we throw something not hard enough it will fall, give it excessive velocity it will no longer be affected by earth's gravity, therefore it will fly to space. So how can we conserve the rotational motion of satellites? Certainly, they're not equipped with engines or that sort of things.

Remember my story about the pigeon? In a parallel universe, I decided to use a stone instead of a rifle because that seems more reasonable, so obviously, I am going to throw the stone horizontally not vertically and while throwing it I noticed something, the more powerful I throw the rock the more distance it travels. This is translated by the displacement curve equation: x = x0 + v0.t + 0.5 a.t² (x:new position, x0: initial position, v0: initial velocity, a: acceleration). So logically, if we increase the initial speed, the distance will augment as well so the stone flies further but falls after all. But what happens If I throw it very hard horizontally? 
In a thorough manner, the stone will fall away in the exact way the earth will curve underneath it, it's literally falling but every time it misses the ground !!
To conclude, if we want to launch a satellite, we must, first of all, calculate the initial velocity that it has to be launched with depending on the mathematical equation √(G*M/R) (G: gravitational constant, M: mass of the satellite, R, distance between the center of earth and the satellite).
The second step is raising the satellite to the desired altitude, then we give it the motor initial velocity and let the gravity do the rest.

same things for long-range missiles, but instead of giving them enough energy to complete a full orbit, we just make sure that they fall in advance. This kind of rockets is capable of traveling across continents and seas. With the exact accurate calculations, you can make them do a whole lap around the earth before falling on you, why not? A creative way to suicide.














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