no they can not orbit forever. However, the time that a satellite will remain in orbit is dependent on altitude. Satellites in orbits above about 1500 miles will never decay and fall to Earth, in the expected lifetime of the solar system.
Satellites will not stay in orbit forever. How long they stay up depends on how high they are and the satellite's ballistic coefficient, or mass/frontal area. The drag from our atmosphere decreases with height. Satellites in low orbits, say 500 km, will decay in a few years. At 1000 km they will stay up perhaps a century. Above a few thousand km they would stay practically forever.
Proper disposal of spacecraft is important. A small piece of spacecraft or debris can continue to orbit for a long time, presenting a hazard to operating spacecraft.
A satellite (sometimes called a called a bird) can stay in orbit for either a long or a short time, depending on the nearness of the orbit to earth. What is called low earth orbit (LEO) is from about 160 to 2000 kilometers up. There is a tremendous amount of drag on anything below about 200 kikometers, though, and it isn't productive to put a bird up at anything less than that as it won't stay there long. Recall that the atmosphere of the earth doesn't abruptly "end" at a given point, but thins on a continuous basis until it's pretty much "all gone" at a given altitude. Above that altitude, if a satellite is in orbit, there will be no drag on it to slow it down and bring it back to earth. Below that altitude, the tiny bit of drag (or the large amount of drag if it's really low) will slow the object down and it will eventually suffer sufficient orbital decay so as to re-enter the atmosphere (and burn up, usually). We generally think of the atmosphere ending at about 100 kilometers (according to NASA), but there is some atmosphere above that altitude. The super thin hydrogen cloud that is outmost (the geochronosphere) extends to a thousand kilometers or more. It might be correct to say that permanent orbit (or at least very long term orbit) can be achieved by exceeding the 200 kilometer mark, and preferably by another hundred kilometers - or more. Wikipedia has a post on Low Earth orbit, and a link is provided. Why not surf on over and give it a quick read? It's got some good information, and it isn't rocket science. Well, actually it is, but the page isn't difficult to understand. Maybe just skim it to see what's up.
Yes there are ones orbiting the Moon, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.
Bodies that orbit planets or moons are called satellites.
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10 satellites. Only 2, Phobos and Diemos2 - Phobos and Demos
These are called satellites. A lot of planets have natural satellites called moons, which are in orbit around the planet. An artificial satellite is one that is put there by man, it orbits the planet in a similar way.
anything that man put into orbit around the earth. Examples are communication satellites and the international space station.
They are launched by rockets.
First was sputnik, but anything from the Direct TV and XM radio satellites and telecommunication, GPS to the International Space Station are artificial satellites in Earth Orbit. There are artificial satellites currently in orbit around other planets as well.
Natural satellites are organic objects that orbit the earth such as the moon. Artificial satellites are objects humans propel through the earth's atmosphere in order to orbit the earth such as satellites for TV and radio signals.
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By rockets
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Yes, but there are also some that orbit other planets.
Yes, but there are also some that orbit other planets.
yes
Bodies that orbit planets or moons are called satellites.
The different artificial satellites launched are Low Earth Orbiting Satellites for Remote sensing, Medium Earth Orbiting Satellites like GPS , Geo Stationary Orbiting Satellites for Communication and Molnia Satellites again for Communication. These are the different artificial Satellite orbiting the Planet Earth.
Satellite. Satellites can be natural, like the Moon, or artificial like GPS satellites.