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Artificial satellites and orbital motion
Gravity is the force needed to maintain the orbit of planets, asteroids and comets around a star and moons and artificial satellites around a planet. An artificial satellite is a man-made body ...
NASA is putting an 'artificial star' in orbit around Earth
NASA recently approved the $19.5 million Landolt Space Mission to launch the mini satellite into Earth's orbit. "This is some really awesome science that NASA is supporting," Tyler Richey-Yowell, a ...
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Communicating With Satellites Like It’s 1957
When the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, was put into orbit around Earth, anyone in the path of the satellite could receive the beeps transmitted by the satellite provided they had some ...
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The most famous satellites in history have ballooned to epic proportions
More than 58 years have passed since Sputnik 1 became the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth. Launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957, Sputnik 1 consisted of a 23-inch-diameter ...
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Artificial satellites and orbital motion
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 ...