Why cant a satellite in orbit around earth cant fall into earth because?

Answer 1

because of the gravity in our solar system. The sun keeps us (the earth) in its gravity. And we keep the satellite in our gravity. And it works like stone in thread and if we rotate it then stone will be at the other end of thread and will keep surrounding you.

Answer 2

Satellites in orbit around Earth are in a continuous fall toward Earth, but because Earth is curved they travel around it. In other words, a satellite is a falling projectile that keeps missing the ground.

Answer 3

It may sound strange, but gravity stops the object from falling to earth, because by the time the force of gravity has pulled the object in a certain direction, the Earth has moved away from that point, pulling it in an endless loop around and around.

Put simply, the object is falling toward Earth, which is always changing location, and the satellite keeps changing its direction to find Earth. Sadly, by the time the satellite gets there, Earth is gone, and is pulling somewhere else.

(BTW, centripetal force isn't actually real, it doesn't exist. So be wary of those who say its the centripetal force. It only exists because we imagine it to exist.)

Answer 4

Here's one qualitative way to think about it:

The satellite IS falling toward the Earth. But, as you may recall, the Earth is round

like a ball, and the surface of the Earth curves away from the satellite just as fast

as the satellite falls. So the satellite just keeps falling around the Earth, and never

gets any closer to the surface.

Answer 5

Satellites are kept into orbit by the gravitational pull exerted by the object it circles. Ie: The Earth

Answer 6

Because it has an angular velocity perpendicular to the planets surface. There is not much to slow the satellite down as at very high altitudes there is little or no air to cause drag.

Answer 7

For the same reason that the moon stays in Earth orbit, and the Earth, the other planets,

plus comets and asteroids stay in solar orbit ... because that's the way gravity works.