TexFlow

Interactive tutorials for all ages

Learn space, aviation, and physics by changing the numbers.

TexFlow Science gives students quick experiments they can touch: orbit altitude, aircraft lift, projectile motion, concept checks, and guided explanations that adjust by age group.

Tutorial lab

Choose a topic and level

Each tutorial keeps the same core idea but changes vocabulary and depth for different students.

Space tutorial

Why satellites do not fall straight down

A satellite is always falling toward Earth, but it is moving sideways fast enough that Earth curves away beneath it.

  1. Gravity pulls the satellite down.
  2. Sideways speed keeps carrying it forward.
  3. If the speed is just right, the path becomes an orbit.

Live simulator

Orbit calculator

Change the orbital altitude and see how speed and orbit time respond.

Orbit speed 7.67 km/s
Orbit time 92.4 min
Weight in orbit 0 kgf

Concept check

Quick question

If a satellite moves to a much higher orbit, what usually happens to its orbital speed?

Space

Orbits, rockets, planets

Build intuition for satellites, escape speed, Moon missions, Mars transfers, telescopes, and space weather.

Aviation

Lift, drag, navigation

Explore why wings work, how pilots balance forces, what stalls mean, and how aircraft find their way.

Physics

Motion, energy, forces

Use simple simulations to connect equations with motion, momentum, energy, waves, and electricity.