I.                    Satellite Motion

 

     Satellite - _________________________________________

 

 

Natural Satellites - ex) Moon, all 9 planets, comet

 

 

Artificial Satellites - weather, spy, communications

 

 

 

 

 

 

A.    Satellite Motion

1.    To send artificial satellite ____________________ around earth it must first achieve a speed of _______________ 

 

¨      If greater than 7900 km/s satellite has an ________________ orbit

 

¨      If velocity is greater than 11 km/s then satellite ________________________ (called ________________ velocity)

 

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B.      Geosynchronous Orbits -

 

A.    When a satellite orbits in time with earth’s rotation it is called _________________.

 

B.      Time for one revolution - ________________

 

C.    A satellite at distance of ___________________________ from earth's center will orbit earth every 24 hrs.

 

D.    Since both satellite and earth move together, _______________________________