Why do rockets launch in an arc, and not just go straight up?

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Why do rockets launch in an arc, and not just go straight up?

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They are going to orbit. Orbit is a speed, not just an altitude (like space kind of is). They need to go around the earth very fast, and if they only went up, that wouldn’t happen.

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