Dec 13, 2020 · Originally Posted By spc-ops: Orbiting the Earth takes a speed of around 26,000 ft/s. Escape velocity is around 37,000 ft/s. SAAMI highest muzzle velocity standard is 220 Swift at 4,665 ft/s, so if you fired that in Earth orbit in exactly the right direction, the projectile would still stay in Earth orbit, as at most you'd bump the projectile's speed up to around 30,600 ft/s, not nearly enough ...