Microwaves play a huge role in space exploration and technology. There is almost nothing in outer space to block or absorb lower-frequency waves, such as radio waves. However, the earth's ionized upper atmospheric layer-the ionosphere-reflects or absorbs most lower-frequency waves before they leave the vicinity of earth. But microwaves are different; they can penetrate the ionosphere and travel all the way to Mars and even further. This makes them useful for exploring the universe.
The most useful application of microwaves in space, however, is satellite communications. Satellites make communication between widely separated points on earth possible without any physical connection between the two points, such as telephone lines or fiber-optic cables. Because microwaves travel in straight lines, there has to be something in space to reflect or retransmit the microwaves if the two points cannot see each other directly-that's where satellites come in.
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Because they can be modulated at high frequencies, and in that way they can
carry a broad baseband ... i.e. a lot of information on one carrier.
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There is only one main force acting on a satellite when it is in orbit, and that is the gravitational force.
The coordinates to which the earth station antennas must be pointed to communicate with the satellite is called Look angles.There r 2 types of look angles:1. Azimuth angle: Measured eastward from geographic north to the projection of satellite path on the local horizontal plane at the earth station.2.Elevation Angle: Measured upward from local horizontal plane at the earth station to the satellite path.
A satellite and space probe both orbit Earth (sometimes in geosynchronous orbits).
The repetitivity and revisit of satellite orbit refers to the time elapsed between observations of the same point on earth by a satellite. It usually depends with the target location, the orbit of the satellite and the swath of the sensor.
Slant range is the LOS (line of site ) distance between the earth station and the satellite and it is very important in satellite link calculation .For instance to calculate the pathloss slant range would be used.Furthermore slant range is a means to describe the satellite location above the surface of the earth.
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yes satellite is between moon and earth. moon can see a satellite only for ten hours in a day
The force of gravity, between Earth and the satellite.
space satellites are in space and earth satellites are in earth.
information is sent between earth and satellite because the satellite people can live and work for long periods an then information launches threw space
the look angles are the angles to which an earth station must be pointed to communicate with the geosynchronous satellite
The satellite, or moon, called "Luna" averages 238,800 miles distant from Earth.
One orbits the earth.
The point at which a line between the satellite and the centre of the Earth intersects the Earth's surface is called the subsatellite point.
WikiAnswers cannot support diagrams - sorry. A satellite around the Earth will have an elliptical or (in some cases) a circular orbit. The satellite is constantly accelerating towards the Earth due to the gravity between the Earth and the satellite. However, because of the satellite's tangential velocity, it stays at a relatively constant distance from the Earth.
The angle between the axis of the satellite and the line joining the center of the satellite to the center of the earth. It is one of the ways of specifying the attitude of a satellite orbiting the earth.
First of all, New Horizons is not a satellite, since it doesn't orbit around planet Earth (or any other planet). Anyway, such spacecraft usually send information to Earth more or less continuously.