MyQuestionIcon

4

You visited us 4 times! Enjoying our articles? Unlock Full Access!

Satellites

To have an ea...

Question

To have an earth synchronous satellites it should be launched at the proper height moving from

A

North to South in a polar plane

No worries! We‘ve got your back. Try BYJU‘S free classes today!

B

East to West in an equatorial plane

No worries! We‘ve got your back. Try BYJU‘S free classes today!

C

South to North in a polar plane

No worries! We‘ve got your back. Try BYJU‘S free classes today!

D

West to East in an equatorial plane

Right on! Give the BNAT exam to get a 100% scholarship for BYJUS courses

Open in App

Solution

The correct option is D West to East in an equatorial plane
The sense of synchronous satellite must be same as the sense of rotation of earth i.e., from west to east

Suggest Corrections

thumbs-up

0

Similar questions

Q. An artificial satellite of the earth is launched in a circular orbit in the equatorial plane of the earth and the satellite is moving from west to east. With respect to a person on the equator, the satellite is completing one round trip in 24 h. Mass of the earth is

M = 6 \times 10^{24} k g

. For this situation, the orbital radius of the satellite is

Q. An artificial satellite of earth is launched in circular orbit in equatorial plane of the earth and satellite is moving from west to east. With respect to a person on the equator, the satellite is completing one round trip in

24 hours

. Mass of earth is,

M = 6 \times 10^{24} kg

. For this situation, orbital radius of the satellite is (Take

G = 6.67 \times

10^{- 11} {Nkg}^{- 2} m^{2}

)

Q. Two satellites going in equatorial plane have almost same radii. As seen from the earth one moves from east one to west and the other from west to east. Will they have the same time period as seen from the earth? If not which one will have less time period?

Q. A satellite revolves from east to west in a circular equatorial orbit of radius

R = 1.00 \times 10^{4} k m

around the Earth. Find the velocity (

v^{'}

) of the satellite in the reference frame fixed to the Earth.

Q. A satellite revolves from east to west in a circular equatorial orbit of radius

R = 1.00 \times 10^{4} k m

around the Earth. Find the acceleration (

w^{'}

) of the satellite in the reference frame fixed to the Earth.

View More

Join BYJU'S Learning Program

similar_icon

Related Videos

lock

Satellites

PHYSICS

Watch in App

explore_more_icon

Explore more

Standard XII Physics

Join BYJU'S Learning Program

CrossIcon