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Landsat orbits in a sun-synchronous polar orbit, declined at 99 degrees (so 9 degrees from 90). It makes about 14 passes over the Earth every day given its orbital parameters but does not pass over the same spot more than once in 16 days.
So essentially, it passes over the Earth roughly north-south many times a day, just about going over the poles and back up again.
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What does a satellite do when its in geostationary orbit?
it's hot. ;)
What is propogation delay in satellite?
A propagation delay is the amount of time it takes radio waves to travel from the surface of the Earth to the satellite and then back down to the Earth. The calculation of the delay is based upon the altitude and position of the satellite systems.
How long does it take for a satellite to orbit round earth?
I believe that is around 90 minutes or about an hour and a half. I'm pretty sure of that.
What is a satellite meter?
A satellite- meter takes radar images of faults.
Length of rotation around the sun?
It takes 365 days for Earth to orbit the sun. Mercury takes 88 days, Venus takes 224 days, Uranus takes about 84 years, and Mars takes 664 days. Neptune takes 164 years and 9 months to orbit the sun. The planet Jupiter takes almost 12 years and Saturn takes 29 and a half years.
What is path satellite takes around earth?
revolution
The period of a satellite is defined as..?
the time it takes the satellite to travel around the earth once
What does a satellite do when it orbite around earth?
Takes photos for Google Maps, Streetview.
What satellite orbits around the earth and takes the same time it takes for the earth to rotate on its axis?
Only artificial, geostationary satellites.
Is the work is done when satellite orbits around the earth?
No because it stays in orbit and takes pictures of the ever changing earth.
What does a satellite do when its in geostationary orbit?
it's hot. ;)
What planet takes 28 days to go round the earth?
No planet goes around the Earth. The Moon, Earth's satellite orbits around the Earth, once ever 27 days and 7 hours.
What is the natural satellite that takes one month to orbit the earth?
Our moon takes a month to orbit the Earth.
What is earthes orbit?
An orbit is the path a planet takes around the sun. Earth's orbit is an ellipse. It takes the Earth one year to travel along the elliptical path around the sun.
Why do satallites have to stay in the equotorial plane?
Staying at the "same point" (i.e., above the same location on Earth) is onlyimportant for a Geosynchronous satellite, which must occupy a very high orbit.Most satellites (and the International Space Station) are in lower orbits, whichmeans they orbit the Earth faster than it rotates, so they don't stay in thesame place.===================================Answer #1:Now to deal with the question . . .If the satellite is going to be used by non-technical people with little 'dishes'on the corner of their house or garage, it's important that they not need tomove their dish to follow the satellite across the sky. If people couldn't "setit and forget it", there would be no Dish network or Direct TV or any of theothers, because very few customers would be willing to do what it takes tokeep their dish tracking the satellite. Sure it could be automated, with amotorized mechanism that constantly steers the dish to follow the satellite.But that would cost 20 times what those dinky dishes cost now, and again,the operators would not "have a business". The only way that this wholescheme of satellite-direct-to-the-home can work is to make the satellitemotionless in the sky. The installer comes to your house, mounts the dish,'finds' the satellite, points the dish in that direction, and locks it permanentlyin that position. That's the only way the business model can work.
How orbital speed of a satellite depends on its radius?
The larger the orbit, the longer the period of revolution. The Space Shuttle, when it is in orbit, revolves once around the earth in about 90 minutes. The moon ... and any other satellite at a distance of about a quarter million miles from earth ... takes about 27 days to revolve once around the earth.
What does length of orbit mean?
The extent (distance) in which an object takes to orbit around another bigger mass (which is effected by how big the satellite (smaller object) is). Or the length [of time] of an orbit. This is the time it takes to make one revolution. Examples: Something just above the atmosphere of the earth takes about 90 minutes. The moon takes 28 days to go around the earth and the earth take a year to go around the sun.
