/sci/ - Science & Math

>>15984893
>a typical .223 rifle round fired from a 16 inch barrel travels around 2,000mph
A .223 leaves a 16 inch barrel at 1500mph, you're confusing mpg for fps

Regardless, the same logic can be applied to any spacecraft meeting up with an orbital space station. The surface of the Earth on the equator relative to space is about 1,000 mph, the International Space Station. The International Space Stations orbital velocity is 17,136 miles per hour.

The way this is acheived is simple, orbits are predictible, so you can predict where an orbital space station is going to be in a given time frame. Any margin of error can be corrected with simple station keeping mechanisms