https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/astrobotic-signs-launch-deal-with-norways-andoya-spaceport/ Fri, 05 Sep 2025 16:53:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/astrobotic-signs-launch-deal-with-norways-andoya-spaceport/#comment-1622474 Fri, 05 Sep 2025 16:53:18 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=116858#comment-1622474 Due to inefficiencies of launching against the earth’s rotation, it would appear that all of the Norwegian Sea launch ports won’t launch to the west but rather will launch northward into polar orbit(s). That being the case, with regard to Sweden given its geography I don’t understand why they don’t put a spaceport on the north coast of the (northern) Baltic Sea, then launch southward along the length of that sea into polar orbit.

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