I.            Satellite Motion

     Satellite - ____________________

 

Natural Satellites - ex) Moon, all 8 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 m/s satellite has an

 

 ________________ orbit

 

¨      If velocity is greater than 11 km/s then satellite _______

 

2.     

           

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 __________ hrs.

D.    Since both satellite and earth _________________