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 ...

Debris from an exploded telecommunications satellite is spreading across geosynchronous orbit, threatening other spacecraft in this precious region of space, an animation by a leading space ...

So is geosynchronous orbit (GEO), which is more than 22,000 miles above Earth. There are far fewer satellites in this orbit but they are critical for communications, weather and missile defense ...