Rocket and Satellite
Rocket and Satellite
Rocket and Satellite
geostationary orbit
The satellites used for broadcasting television are usually in a geostationary orbit
37,000 km (23,000 mi) above the earth's equator. The advantage of this orbit is
that the satellite's orbital period equals the rotation rate of the Earth, so the satellite
appears at a fixed position in the sky
GEO (Geostationary Earth Orbit) at about 36,000km above the earth's surface.
LEO (Low Earth Orbit) at about 500-1500km above the earth's surface. MEO
(Medium Earth Orbit) or ICO (Intermediate Circular Orbit) at about 6000-20,000
km above the earth's surface
The first artificial satellite was Sputnik 1, launched by the Soviet Union on 4
October 1957 under the Sputnik program, with Sergei Korolev as chief designer.