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by none_to_remain 380 days ago
Orbital velocity but not orbital trajectory.
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Velocity is a vector, so it would be more proper to say "orbital speed". But no one does that.
Vectors are location independent, so theoretically any velocity with sufficiently high speed would be orbital velocity even if it was pointed directly at the planet, no?
For that matter, any velocity is orbital velocity, since at sufficient distance it would exactly perfectly counteract earth's gravitational field. Assuming there aren't any other gravitational fields out there to interfere.