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प्रश्न
What is meant by the orbit of a satellite?
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उत्तर
An orbit is a specific path (elliptical or circular) or trajectory around a planet in which a satellite revolves.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Solve the problem.
How much time a satellite in an orbit at height 35780 km above earth's surface would take, if the mass of the earth would have been four times its original mass?
If the height of a satellite completing one revolution around the earth in T seconds is h1 meter, then what would be the height of a satellite taking \[2\sqrt{2} T\] seconds for one revolution?
Considering first correlation, complete the second.
Hubble telescope : At 569 km above the earth’s surface
Orbit of Hubble telescope : .............................
Write the proper name of the orbits of satellites shown in the following figure with their height from the earth’s surface.
A group of students from COEP Pune sent a small satellite _______ through ISRO in 2016.
The function of a satellite launcher is based on Newton's second law of motion.
Calculate the critical velocity of the satellite to be located at 35780 km above the surface of earth.
What is Medium Earth Orbit?
Note the relationship between the entries in all the three columns in the table and rewrite the table.
| Column-1 (Location) |
Column-2 Height from the earth’s surface (km) |
Column-3 g (m/s2) |
| Earth’s surface (average) | 8.8 | 0.225 |
| Mount Everest | 36.6 | 9.81 |
| The highest height ever reached by man made balloon | 400 | 9.8 |
| Orbit of spacecraft | 35700 | 9.77 |
| Orbit of communication satellite | 0 | 8.7 |
Numerical problem.
Calculate the speed with which a satellite moves if it is at a height of 36,000 km from the Earth’s surface and has an orbital period of 24 hr (Take R = 6370 km) [Hint: Convert hr into seconds before doing calculation]
Numerical problem.
At an orbital height of 400 km, find the orbital period of the satellite.
What is microgravity?
The orbital velocity of the satellite depends on its ______.
Write down the formula of orbital velocity.
Give scientific reasons.
The geostationary satellite is not useful in the study of polar regions.
The height of medium earth orbit above the surface of the earth is ______.
Write the name of small satellite made by a group of students from COEP (College of Engineering, Pune) sent to the space through ISRO in 2016.
Complete the Following table.
| Sr. no. | Type of Satellite | The names of Indian Satellite and launcher |
| (1) | Navigational Satellite | Satellite: ______ |
| Launcher: ______ | ||
| (2) | Earth Observation Satellite | Satellite: ______ |
| Launcher: ______ |
The orbit of a satellite is exactly 35780 km above the earth's surface and its tangential velocity is 3.08 km/s.
How much time the satellite will take to complete one revolution around the earth?
(Radius of earth = 6400 km.)
