Bob Martin wrote:

You also need to be going very, very fast. Fast, as in 17,000mph fast.
Mach 25 fast.

And if you manage to get up to 25,000mph, you'll leave to Earth's gravity well
entirely and won't go into orbit at all. At least, not around Earth.

George Patterson
You can dress a hog in a tuxedo, but he still wants to roll in the mud.