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प्रश्न
What is Medium Earth Orbit?
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उत्तर
- If the height of the satellite orbit above the earth’s surface is between 2000 km and 35780 km, the orbits are called medium earth orbits.
- In these orbits, the satellites complete one revolution in 2 to 24 hours.
- The geostationary satellites cannot be used in the study of polar regions.
- For this purpose, elliptical medium earth orbits passing over the polar region are used. These orbits are also called as polar orbits.
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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 ......
Complete the following table.

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?
Considering first correlation, complete the second.
Hubble telescope : At 569 km above the earth’s surface
Orbit of Hubble telescope : .............................
Mahendra and Virat are sitting at a distance of 1 metre from each other. Their masses are 75 kg and 80 kg respectively. What is the gravitational force between them? G = 6.67 x 10-11 Nm2/kg2
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.
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.
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?
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.
The orbital velocity of the satellite depends on its ______.
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: ______ |
