Launch azimuth

Inertial launch azimuth from site latitude to target inclination + Earth-rotation boost.

SIDUS educational calculator. Category orbital. Tags: launch, mission-design, operations, orbital, range. Pure SI. Not flight software.

Formula

cos i = cos φ · sin β · v_rot = ω R cos φ

Range azimuth & Earth boost

Primary sources

How do AI agents use this tool?

Read /llms.txt or call https://sidus.tools/api/mcp. Open the interactive page for live SI inputs.

Open interactive tool · SIDUS