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प्रश्न
Observe the figure and write the answers.

- Name the outer orbit.
- Which satellites revolve in low earth orbits?
- Which various orbits are given in the figure?
- Give an example of a launch vehicle based on Newton’s third law.
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उत्तर
- High Earth Orbits
- International Space Station and Hubble telescope revolve in Low earth Orbits.
- High Earth Orbits, Medium Earth Orbit, Low Earth Orbits.
- Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is an example of a launch vehicle based on Newton’s third law.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Fill in the blank and explain the statement with reasoning:
If the height of the orbit of a satellite from the earth surface is increased, the tangential velocity of the satellite will ......
Answer the question:
What is meant by the orbit of a satellite? On what basis and how are the orbits of artificial satellites classified?
Why are geostationary satellites not useful for studies of polar regions?
Complete the following table.

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 : .............................
What is Medium Earth Orbit?
Distinguish between:
High Earth orbit - Medium Earth orbit.
Write functions of Military satellite and Navigational satellite.
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 |
| Maximum height ever reached by manmade balloon | 400 | 9.8 |
| Orbit of a typical weather satellite | 35700 | 9.77 |
| Orbit of communication satellite | 0 | 8.7 |
Define orbital velocity.
How is a satellite maintained in nearly circular orbit?
Why are some satellites called geostationary?
Calculate the time taken by a satellite for one revolution revolving at a height of 6400 km above the earth's surface with a velocity of 5.6 km/s.
The height of medium earth orbit above the surface of the earth is ______.
Complete the following equations:

