Space Daily September 19, 2026 • 15:30

On Deimos, orbital speed just above the surface is only about 14 km/h—around elite racewalking pace—while roughly 20 km/h would let you escape the tiny moon altogether. - Space Daily

On Deimos, orbital speed just above the surface is only about 14 km/h—around elite racewalking pace—while roughly 20 km/h would let you escape the tiny moon altogether. - Space Daily

JPL's measured gravity and radius put a surface-grazing Deimos orbit near 14.2 km/h and local escape near 20.1 km/h, although Mars and the moon's irregular shape complicate real flight.

On Earth, orbit belongs to the realm of rockets. The International Space Station travels at roughly 28,000 kilometres per hour, and a projectile would need about 40,000 kilometres per hour near Earth… [+9503 chars]

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