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Rocket Simulator

Newton's cannon

A cannon on top of a giant mountain fires a cannonball sideways. Set the speed, press Fire, and see what it takes to orbit Earth, or to escape it.

Fly a real launch from the ground: climb out of the air, tilt over, and build enough sideways speed to stay up.

Launch height 200 km
Sideways launch speed 6.00 km/s
orbit
escape
Quick tries

Space fire · R reset · ↑↓ push


Give it a push

Each press changes speed by 200 m/s. Watch which part of the path moves.

Engine points straight up
← backward↑ upforward →
Fuel 11.0 km/s
Rocket
Earth's spin

Space engine on/off · ←→ steer · A autopilot · R reset


Time warp

Show speed in
falls backorbitescapeflown path

Scroll to zoom, drag to move the view, double-click to let the camera follow again.


Missions

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