how can satellites and space ships stay orbiting around the Earth if our planet is moving at very high speeds across the universe?

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how can satellites and space ships stay orbiting around the Earth if our planet is moving at very high speeds across the universe?

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It’s all very localised, the gravity of the earth kinda “holds” everything close, and orbiting the planet is “like falling to the ground and missing” to paraphrase someone