Geostationary and Polar Satellites
Geostationary and Polar Satellites: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as Geostationary Satellites, Geostationary Orbits, Polar Satellite, Application of Geostationary Satellites, Application of Polar Satellites and Low Height Satellite.
Important Questions on Geostationary and Polar Satellites
A satellite revolves in the geostationary orbit but in a direction east to west. The time interval between its successive passing about a point on the equator is

When the period of rotation of a satellite from west to east is the same as that of the earth, then the relative velocity of a satellite is equal to

What is the time period of a satellite revolving in a geostationary orbit?

A geostationary satellite against gravity revolves around the earth from :-

The period of geostationary satellite is-

The orbit of a polar satellite is _________.


A synchronous satellite goes around the earth once in every What is the radius of orbit of the synchronous satellite in terms of the earth's radius?
(Given: mass of the earth, , radius of the earth, and universal gravitational constant, )

A geostationary satellite orbits around the earth in a circular orbit of radius . Then, the time period of a spy satellite orbiting a few hundred kilometres above the earth's surface will approximately be :

A satellite of earth can move only in those orbits whose plane coincides with

A satellite appears to be at rest when seen from the equator. Its height from the earth's surface is nearly.

Given radius of Earth and length of a day the height of a geostationary satellite is [-Gravitational constant. -Mass of Earth]

Distance of geostationary satellite from the surface of earth radius in terms of is

. _____ will finish the construction of the BeiDou-3 Navigation Satellite System (BDS-3), with another two geostationary orbit satellites to be launched before June 2020

Geostationary satellites are widely used for:

If a satellite has to orbit the earth in a circular path every , at what distance from the surface of the earth should be satellite placed (radius of earth, ) (assume, , where and are gravitational constant and mass of earth and ),

The orbit of a geostationary satellite is circular. The time period of satellite depends on,
mass of the satellite.
mass of the earth.
radius of the orbit.
height of the satellite from the surface of the earth.
Which of the following option is correct?

A geo synchronous satellite is revolving around the earth. What will be its orbital radius? (Radius of the earth )

If the time period of the satellite in geostationary orbit of planet is then its time period in geostationary orbit of planet is:
(Both the planets have same angular frequency of rotation)

A geo-stationary satellite is orbiting the Earth at a height of above the surface of the earth, being the radius of the Earth. The time period of another satellite at a height of from the surface of Earth is
