Here is the gravitational constastant, and is the mass of the earth. For a stable circular orbit, the centrifugal force, which is directed outward radially must balance the gravitational force, which ...

Now we can judge whether he was right or not. The idea of geosynchronous satellites is to find an orbit over the equator in which the satellite revolves around the earth at the same rate that the ...

And while that’s true, it’s true only for low Earth orbit satellites such as the ISS. If you want to reach a satellite in geosynchronous orbit it’ll take a little more effort, and this dual ...