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Communications satellites are used to bounce radio waves from theearth's surface to send messages around the curvature of the earth.In order to be available all the time, they must remain above thesame point on the earth's surface and must move in a circle abovethe equator.
How long must it take for a communications satellite to make onecomplete orbit around the earth? (Such an orbit is said to begeosynchronous.)
t = ______________ hours
Apply Newton's second law to the satellite and find its altitudeabove the earth's surface.
h= ________________ km
Communications satellites are used to bounce radio waves from theearth's surface to send messages around the curvature of the earth.In order to be available all the time, they must remain above thesame point on the earth's surface and must move in a circle abovethe equator.
How long must it take for a communications satellite to make onecomplete orbit around the earth? (Such an orbit is said to begeosynchronous.)
t = ______________ hours
Apply Newton's second law to the satellite and find its altitudeabove the earth's surface.
h= ________________ km
Jarrod RobelLv2
12 Oct 2019
