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Space Cowboys (2000)

Earth → Earth orbit → Moon → Earth

Set in the present day with no date; IKON has about a month left before its orbit decays. 418,979 km in all on the map.

MoonEarth23To scale, seen from above.Date unknown: the Moon's place on its orbit is arbitrary; the ship takes the most efficient orbit.
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    Kennedy Space Center Earth · date unknown

    Team Daedalus, four old test pilots, lift off on the shuttle Daedalus.

    Daedalus

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    IKON satellite Earth, orbit · date unknown

    The “communications” satellite turns out to carry six nuclear missiles; a collision speeds up its decay.

    IKON, with Hawk aboard · 418,979 km

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    The Moon Moon · date unknown

    Hawk rides IKON's rockets out of orbit; the last shot shows him at rest on the Moon, looking at Earth.

    Back to the shuttle

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    Daedalus lands Earth · date unknown

    Frank stalls the damaged shuttle's nose up to bleed off speed and brings it down safely.