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True or False An artificial satellite in a high orbit will slow down and lose altitude due to the pull of Earth's gravity?
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False. Why would it slow down? There is no friction in a high orbit; a satellite can orbit indefinitely. Only in low orbits will satellites slow down and fall from orbit, and the cause is the friction of the extremely tenuous final traces of Earth's atmosphere.
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What is earths oldest satellite?
Vanguard1
What satellite circles the earth exactly once a day?
The moon is the earths only natural satellite
Was Sputnik Earths first artificial satellite?
It was the first human-made satellite, (launched from Russia on Oct. 4, 1957), to orbit the Earth. A space probe leaves the orbit of Earth and goes off into distant space. Sputnik only left Earth's orbit to burn up in the upper atmosphere on Jan. 4, 1958.
What type of satellite orbits perpendicular to the earths equator?
polar satallite
Earths gravity as a percentage?
enough to keep us on it
Does a satellite in low tilt at low altitude show more of the earths surface than one in high tilt at same altitude?
a satellite in a low tilt at a low altitude can see earth better.
How does a rocket get out of earths orbit?
surely a rocket or artificial satellite can get out with help of escape velocity....
What is the altitude of the lowest flying satellite?
the lowest flying satilite is DAN 100kl above the earths surface
Why at height the artificial sateillte not pulled toward the earth?
The satellite is being pulled by the earths gravity all of the time, but the satellite also has an orbital velocity, meaning that is is travelling at high speed. These two opposing forces balance out, the 'sideways' speed of the satellite wants to take it away into space, but the gravity of the earth is always pulling it in. The satellite maintains its speed as there there are no frictional forces to slow it down in space, so it maintains an orbit.
Is a moon a place or a thing?
nither it is a natural satellite held in orbit by the earths gravity. Without it we would have no tides.
Is the moon a place or thing?
nither it is a natural satellite held in orbit by the earths gravity. Without it we would have no tides.
Is moon is place or thing?
nither it is a natural satellite held in orbit by the earths gravity. Without it we would have no tides.
Is it correct to say that satellites fall back to earth falling to earth because they are beyond the pull of earths gravity explain?
That is not English; that is not physics. Generally speaking, the speed of the satellite and gravity cancel each other. As the satellite slows (friction), gravity wins.
What is a common model for Einstein's theory of gravity?
Whatever goes up and remains within the influence of earths gravity must come down, or circle the earth as a satellite.
Does a satellite orbit earth free from earths gravity?
No. Gravity is responsible for all 'orbits'. If there were no other body attracting it, the orbiting object would sail off in a straight line.
How much does something weigh 1000 meters above earths surface?
"at an altitude of 400 kilometres (250 miles), equivalent to a typical orbit of the Space Shuttle, gravity is still nearly 90% as strong as at the Earth's surface" -- Wikipedia: Earth's gravity # Altitude
When in orbit a satellite such as the space shuttle is either a projectile or a non-accelerated motion or free from earths gravity or an ellipse?
free from the motion of earth
