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What does a satellite orbit around?
A satellite orbits Earth when its speed is balanced by the pull of Earth’s gravity. Without this balance, the satellite would fly in a straight line off into space or fall back to Earth. Satellites orbit Earth at different heights, different speeds and along different paths.
What is the study of satellite called?
Space research includes the following fields of science: Earth observations, using remote sensing techniques to interpret optical and radar data from Earth observation satellites. Geodesy, using gravitational perturbations of satellite orbits.
What is a satellite class 6?
Satellites are celestial bodies that move around planets in the same way planets move around the Sun. They are made up of solid materials and gases. They do not have their own light. For example, the Earth is a planet. For example, the Moon is a natural satellite of the Earth.
What are the different types of satellite orbits?
Types of orbit
- Geostationary orbit (GEO)
- Low Earth orbit (LEO)
- Medium Earth orbit (MEO)
- Polar orbit and Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO)
- Transfer orbits and geostationary transfer orbit (GTO)
- Lagrange points (L-points)
What kind of information can you get from a satellite?
Satellites looking toward Earth provide information about clouds, oceans, land and ice. They also measure gases in the atmosphere, such as ozone and carbon dioxide, and the amount of energy that Earth absorbs and emits. And satellites monitor wildfires, volcanoes and their smoke.
Why did other countries send their own satellites into space?
Other countries began to send their own satellites into space as the benefits rippled through society. Weather satellites improved forecasts, even for remote areas. Land-watching satellites such as the Landsat series tracked changes in forests, water and other parts of Earth’s surface over time.
Are there any experiments that show time travel is possible?
Scientists have done some experiments to show that this is true. For example, there was an experiment that used two clocks set to the exact same time. One clock stayed on Earth, while the other flew in an airplane (going in the same direction Earth rotates). After the airplane flew around the world, scientists compared the two clocks.