Orbital Properties of Planets and Satellites – Practice
Questions:
1) Calculate the orbital speed of a geostationary satellite:
2) The Hubble space telescope has an altitude above Earth’s surface of 540km. Calculate its:
a) orbital period:
b) orbital velocity:
Quick Answers:
1) 3075 m/s (11073 km/hr)
2a) 5742 sec (95.7 min) b) 7594.1 m/s (27339 km/hr)
Worked Answers: