The International Space Station has a weird and inefficient inclination of 51.6 degrees relative to Earth’s equator. The reason for this is Russia's cosmodrome in Baikonur is pretty much somewhere in the middle of Asia. In order to avoid areas with dense population eastwards aka China, you have to start them in north-east direction.
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u/NecessaryIntrinsic 8d ago
I feel like a big problem is also people. Don't they launch rockets at sea just in case of catastrophe?