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If you are refering to natural satellites there is only one and that is the moon. If you are refering to artificial satellites there are heaps. Military, GPS and mobile just to name a few catagorys of satillites. Hope that helped.
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Should there be a limit placed on the number of satellites that are allowed to orbit the earth?
Yes because there are already 7,400 unused satellites orbiting Earth as we speak. Some fall down to Earth like metores. Some hit other satellites. There should be a limit.
What is the minimum number of 'global positioning system' satellites that are observable by a user anywhere on earth?
5
What is an important information-gathering satellite now in orbit around earth called?
There are a great number of satellites currently orbiting the Earth, and they are ALL important; at least, important enough to SOMEBODY to spend millions of dollars to launch each one.Depending on your interests, the "most important" satellites are probably the weather forecasting satellites, followed by the communications and GPS satellites.
Which plant has fewer satellites earth or Uranus?
i meant planet Earth has fewer because Earth has only 1 satellite and Uranus has 27 satellites.
Does the Earth have more natural or more artificial satellites?
Earth has one natural satellite and more than a thousand artificial satellites.
Number of satellites of earth?
Earth has 1 satellite - the Moon.
What is the number of moons and satellites in the Earth?
1
Are earth satellites only scientific satellites?
No. The earth has one natural satellite ... the moon ... and any number of other satellites whose primary purpose is not scientific (e.g. communication satellites).
Medium earth orbit satellites?
With large number of low-earth-orbit satellites and the geo-synchronous orbit stuffed full of communications satellites, there aren't all THAT many "medium" altitude satellites. But there are some. The GPS navigation satellites, for example, are in highly inclined 12-hour orbits, and an unknown number of military "spy" satellites are in that middle range.
Should there be a limit placed on the number of satellites that are allowed to orbit the earth?
Yes because there are already 7,400 unused satellites orbiting Earth as we speak. Some fall down to Earth like metores. Some hit other satellites. There should be a limit.
What are the artificial satellites of the Earth?
All the satellites, communications, exploratory, military etc. are artificial satellites of Earth.
What is the number of moons and satellites on the earth?
40000 million moons and 3000 trillion satilites
What is the number of man-made satellites?
about 18,000 man made sattelites are orbiting the earth!
Which planet has got maximum satellites?
jupiter has the maximum number of satellites.... of almost 63 moons
What is differences between space satellite and earth satellite?
space satellites are in space and earth satellites are in earth.
Does the earth have two satellites or Mars?
Mars has two natural satellites. Earth has one.
What bodies circle the earth besides the moon?
A great number of artificial satellites. At any given time, the Earth may have one or more small natural satellites (temporarily captured asteroids) as well.
