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Circular Orbit

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Orbital velocity

7.672 km/s

4.767 mi/s

Orbital period

01:32:25

Orbit size

400.0 km

6,771.0 km radius

Escape velocity

10.851 km/s

15.582 rev/day

Central body

Earth

R 6,371.0 km

Circular orbit geometry

400 km altitude

Orbital speed and period follow from the selected body's gravity and the orbit radius.

Circular orbit geometry

Earthhspacecraft

Hover or tap the orbit or body for local values.

Open Source and Easy to Use Elsewhere

This tool is open source and the underlying logic is fully transparent. You can inspect the code, understand the calculations, and contribute improvements. If you want to use the tool in your own website, course page, or learning platform, you can also embed it directly and start from a ready-made iframe setup for this exact tool.

Open source: review the implementation and see how the results are produced.

Embeddable: preview this tool, copy the iframe, and use it in your own site or LMS.