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Artificial Satellites

Artificial Satellites are objects launched from earth to orbit earth or other planets. Satellites are used for communication, remote sensing, weather forecasting, and other purposes. This category is for questions about satellites in general or specific satellites.

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How many man made satellites are currently in space?

There are countless man made satelites are currently in space. This is because during space flight many piece of 'space junk' were left behind. If you are counting actually working equipment there are a little over 2200 satelites in space.

How much does Dish satellite service cost?

Dish satellite starts at $39.99 per month. But, there are different packages specific to the user wants. The Smart Pack includes over 55 DISH channels for $19.99 per month. The America's Top 120 package includes over 120 DISH channels for $29.99 per month. The America's Top 200 package includes over 220 DISH channels for $34.99 per month. The America's Top 250 package includes over 2600 DISH channels for $39.99 per month. And lastly, the America's Everything Pak includes over 300 DISH channels for $74.99 per month.

When was the first satellite was created?

The first artificial satellite was Sputnik 1, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957

What was the first satellite called and when was it launched?

Sputnik 1 was invented by the Soviet Union and was launch on October 4, 1957. It was the first artificial satellite successfully launched.

Who launched the space sputnik?

The Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, on October 4, 1957. This historic event marked the beginning of the space age and the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union. Sputnik 1 was designed by a team of engineers led by Mikhail Klavdievich Tikhonravov and was a significant achievement in space exploration.

What is angle period of satellite?

The angle of the satellite period, depends on where the satellite is positioned. When you figure out where the satellite is you position the angle to be where and what you need.

What is look angle?

the look angles are the angles to which an earth station must be pointed to communicate with the geosynchronous satellite

What are dmsp satellites used for?

DMSP, or Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, satellites were initiated by the Department of Defense. These satellites are used to provide important information to the military concerning weather conditions. Most commonly this information is used by the Air Force.
Strategic and tactical weather prediction.

What are essential conditions for a satellite to appear stationary?

-- Its orbit must be precisely over the equator.

-- The orbit must be exactly circular.

-- The period of the orbit must be 3 minutes 56 seconds less than 24 hours.

(This requirement determines exactly what the size of the orbit must be.)

How many satellites are moving around earth?

One big, natural satellite has been in orbit 4.5 billion years. We call it "the moon."

There are about 180 man made satellites in geosynchronous orbit. More are added every few years. In low earth orbit there are about 3000, at the present time. Older ones tend to fall back to earth, but new ones are added every few months.

The first artificial satellite was launched by the Russians in 1957.

Why a person in satellite feels weightless?

Because everything is in free fall, traveling at the same speed: the space station, the person & everything else.

Its the same thing as being in a falling elevator. The elevator is falling at the same speed as the person. If there was a scale in that falling elevator, the person would be weightless. Unlike the satellite which can fall around the earth for many, many years, the elevator ride to the basement will not last long.

It the same as being on an airplane that suddenly dives at the same acceleration as gravity (9.8m/s/s). You, the plane, and everything in the plane is falling at the same rate. If there was a scale there, you would weigh nothing, until the plane pulled out of its dive.

Knowing the acceleration of gravity on the moon, Mars etc..., can be recreated in such a plane. They only need to dive at such an acceleration that it cancels the right amount of Earth's gravity. So the Moon's gravity is 1/6th that of Earth, or, things fall at 1.6m/s/s. So the plane would only dive to remove 8.2m/s/s of Earth's gravity, leaving 1.6m/s/s. The same can be done for simulating Mars' gravity, etc.... This allows Moon walkers to practice walking techniques while wearing their spacesuits.

Its almost the same as being in a roller coaster going down a big hill. The cart, seat and you are all falling at the same speed, you feel ~weightless (briefly).

How much does it cost to move a satellite an inch?

Once you successfully get it into orbit, it costs nothing for it to stay there.

Think of the Moon ... nobody pays anything to keep it there, and yet it has

stayed up there for millions of years.

Which was the first country to put its satellite in space and when and who put theirs into space in Jan 1959 what were the satellite names?

Russia (Then known as USSR ) was the first to put it's satellite (called "Sputnik") into orbit. The date was 4 October 1957.

"Explorer 1" was the United States' first artificial satellite and was launched on January 31, 1958

Who is first to send satellites in space?

the first people/ nation to send some form of satellite into space is the russians with the

sputnik 1

Where is Voyager 1 and 2 relative location?

The simple answer is that they are both in the heliosheath. The complex answer is that if you take the X,Y,Z coordinates of both satellites, you can determine their position relative to each other. I would do that math for you, but when I checked NASA is no longer posting Voyager position coordinates to their Web site. But when they put them back up, we may be able to do that calculation.