Comment on SES-8 – Falcon 9 GEO Transfer MissionparentComments−InclinedPlane12yIt takes more speed to get high enough to reach an Earth-Moon lagrange point (L1 would be the closest, at about 90% of the Earth-Moon distance) than to simply get into Earth orbit.
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It takes more speed to get high enough to reach an Earth-Moon lagrange point (L1 would be the closest, at about 90% of the Earth-Moon distance) than to simply get into Earth orbit.