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Why NASA Rockets when launched didnt go straigth upward

[From: ] [author: ] [Date: 12-06-27] [Hit: ]
and then begin to progressively lean over, usually following a gravity turn trajectory.Once above the majority of the atmosphere the vehicle then angles the rocket jet, pointing it largely horizontally but somewhat downwards, this permits the vehicle to gain and then maintain altitude while increasing horizontal speed. As the speed grows the vehicle will become more and more horizontal until at orbital speed,......
Why? Do the wind blow in a different location or cause earth rovolving and the rocket is somewhat tilting. Why rockets going space or in ISS didnt always go straigth upward? Ive seen launch rockets and always seen they not go straigth up. Why ? could u explaine

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Orbital launch vehicles take off vertically, and then begin to progressively lean over, usually following a gravity turn trajectory.
Once above the majority of the atmosphere the vehicle then angles the rocket jet, pointing it largely horizontally but somewhat downwards, this permits the vehicle to gain and then maintain altitude while increasing horizontal speed. As the speed grows the vehicle will become more and more horizontal until at orbital speed, the engine will cut off.

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Allen got it right. But isn't it obvious? The rocket is headed for orbit, isn't it?

I think your problem may be that like most people you think that to go anywhere in space, you just point your rocket and go. In reality all space shots involve meeting the orbits of objects you are heading for, whether Earth's orbit, Lunar orbit or planetary orbits.

No space probe travels straight, the same as no other objects in space travel in a straight line.

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They do a gravity turn so that it is easier(and takes less fuel) to go into orbit. If they go straight upward, they would travel really fast and would miss the ISS and sent into the abyss.

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If they went straight up they would come straight down again. To go into orbit they need to follow the curve of the Earth, which means they have to lean over until they are flying parallel to the Earth's surface.
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