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The is the layer of the atmosphere where satellites and the space shuttle orbit the Earth?
exosphere
Is the layer of the atmosphere where satellites and the space shuttle orbit the earth?
exosphere
What layer of the atmosphere are space shuttles located?
The space shuttle program utilized low earth orbit, above the Earth's atmosphere.
What layer of the atmosphere is satellites located?
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.
What layer of the atmosphere can you find the Hubble Telescope?
In no atmosphere. The HST orbits in low-earth orbit at 569 km and considerably above the atmosphere.
This layer is the outermost layer of the atmosphere satellites orbit the atmosphere in this layer?
Thermosphere and the exosphere
Where in the atmosphere does the space shuttle go into orbit?
600km
How does a space shuttle escape the earth orbit?
The shuttle never leaves Earth orbit, it simply goes into orbit and then returns. Moving to a higher orbit requires additional speed and manuevering, as when visiting the ISS.
What speed must a space shuttle get to escape earth's orbit?
i think you mean atmosphere they normally go about 200,000 miles an hour when leaving earths atmosphere
Does the space shuttle orbit the earth in what's called high orbit?
No. It is in low earth orbit.
Which layer of the atmosphere do communications satellites orbit?
Most communications satellites operate outside of the earth's atmosphere. The GPS satellites are about 23,000 miles from the surface of the earth.
Which layer of the atmosphere can rockets orbit?
To have a more or less stable orbit, the rocket will have to orbit OUTSIDE of the atmosphere.
