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The speed of its apparent movement are determined by its orbit. The closer to Earth, the faster it appears to move.
Satellites in low earth orbit (such as the ISS) orbit around 150 miles up, and take about 90 minutes to complete one orbit. Since the world is about 25,000 miles around, that means that a LEO satellite is moving about 18,000 miles per hour.
Geosynchronous communications satellites are about 23,000 miles up and orbit once in 24 hours. Since the Earth itself turns in just 24 hours, a geosynchronous satellite appears to be stationary in the sky.
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What moves faster a spaceship or a space station?
A space station only has to go fast enough to achieve orbit. A spaceship has to go fast enough to break out of orbit and get where it is going. So, a spaceship.
Why must the space shuttle go so fast?
It has to move fast so it can escape gravity's pull on the shuttle.
Is there a space station in Canada?
Canada is not in space, so therefore there is no space station in Canada. Canada does have an arm on the International Space Station in space.
What is the difference between a space station and the space shuttle?
A Space Station monitors the Space Shuttle being launched into space and so forth. And a Space Shuttle, is like a rocket they send into space. So the difference is a space shuttle is a rocket, and a space station is a building.
How long will it take to get to the International Space Station?
It takes 2 days. You might think that that's a long time for a space shuttle to go to the space station. Especially when you know that it takes about 2 minutes for the space shuttle to go into space. But here's why: The space station is orbiting the earth, and so will the space shuttle when it goes into space. If it goes faster though, it will fly away from the earth's atmosphere and get lost in outer space. So the Space Shuttle goes slightly faster so it will catch up, but not too fast so that it will fly off into outer space. That's why it takes 2 days.
What moves faster a spaceship or a space station?
A space station only has to go fast enough to achieve orbit. A spaceship has to go fast enough to break out of orbit and get where it is going. So, a spaceship.
Why must the space shuttle go so fast?
It has to move fast so it can escape gravity's pull on the shuttle.
Is there a space station in Canada?
Canada is not in space, so therefore there is no space station in Canada. Canada does have an arm on the International Space Station in space.
What is the difference between a space station and the space shuttle?
A Space Station monitors the Space Shuttle being launched into space and so forth. And a Space Shuttle, is like a rocket they send into space. So the difference is a space shuttle is a rocket, and a space station is a building.
How long will it take to get to the International Space Station?
It takes 2 days. You might think that that's a long time for a space shuttle to go to the space station. Especially when you know that it takes about 2 minutes for the space shuttle to go into space. But here's why: The space station is orbiting the earth, and so will the space shuttle when it goes into space. If it goes faster though, it will fly away from the earth's atmosphere and get lost in outer space. So the Space Shuttle goes slightly faster so it will catch up, but not too fast so that it will fly off into outer space. That's why it takes 2 days.
How fast does a solid atom vibrate?
I think that a solid atom "vibrates" because they're trying to move, but the atoms are packed in so tightly that they do not have much space to move around. So, they vibrate because of their need to move and because fo the lack of space available for them to move
Why is space station so bright?
Because space is so dark.
How do you get food on a space station?
The space station is not too far out of the Earths atmosphere so they just send up a space shuttle!
How do comets move so fast?
I would think by getting pulled into gravitational forces and being swung right back out into space.
How can you use space station in an sentence?
i went to... i arrived at the... i was in awe by the... the ... was huge! i was so excited because i was about to go into the ... :) AND so much MORE just remember that SPACE STATION is a noun :)
Can you get lost in a space station?
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How do astronauts work on the Space Station without drifting into space?
The astronauts wear tethers whenever they exit the space station so that they remain attached to the station. Otherwise, without sufficient gravity to keep them close by, they could easily drift away into space.
