Exosphere
Thermosphere and the exosphere
exosphere
Satellites cannot orbit the US; they orbit the Earth, and there are several thousand of them.
Manned satellites orbit in the thermosphere, from about 53 to 500 miles above the Earth.
The ionosphere
Thermosphere
Exosphere
If they are in the atmosphere (low earth orbit), satellites are in the ionosphere. If they are in higher orbits, satellites are considered to be outside the atmosphere.
Thermosphere and the exosphere
thermosphere
Geosynchronous orbit? or Low Earth Orbit?
exosphere
exosphere
Most communications satellites operate outside of the earth's atmosphere. The GPS satellites are about 23,000 miles from the surface of the earth.
The moon has no natural satellites. The moon is a satellite of the earth. The only satellites that orbit the moon are those that are placed there by people to study the moon.
Geostationary satellites.Geostationary satellites.