Gravity and Planetary Orbits
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- Created on: 21-05-12 15:56
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Gravity and Planetary Orbits
Artificial satellites were sent up by humans for 4 main purposes:
- Monitoring the Earth, e.g. weather and climate
- Communications, e.g. phone and TV
- Space research such as the Hubble Space Telescope
- Spying on baddies
Geostationary satellites:
- In high orbits over the equator which take exactly 24hours to complete
- Meaning they stay above the same point on the Earth's surface because the Earth rotates with them
- Making…
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