Satellites are categorized into two types: natural and artificial. Natural satellites, such as the Earth and the Moon, are celestial bodies that naturally orbit larger objects; for example ...

The attractive force of gravity also keeps moons and artificial satellites in orbit around a planet. The Moon is a natural satellite. An artificial satellite is a man-made body placed in orbit ...

(AP) — A pair of European satellites rocketed into orbit Thursday on the first mission to create artificial solar eclipses ... of totality offered by a natural eclipse here on Earth, allowing ...

Gravity provides the force needed to maintain the stable orbit of planets around a star and also of moons and artificial satellites around a planet. The moons around planets in the Solar System ...