Artificial Satellite
Artificial Satellite: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as artificial satellites, type of artificial satellites, critical velocity of artificial satellites, high earth orbits for artificial satellites, and medium earth orbit for artificial satellites.
Important Questions on Artificial Satellite
The orbits in which satellites complete one revolution in around minutes are called as Low Earth Orbit satellite.

Hubble telescope is a _____ satellite. (Heigh Earth Orbit / Low Earth Orbit)

Which one of the following is a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite?

The height above the earth's surface where the Low Earth orbits are located is

Mention a few applications of geosynchronous satellites.

Why the satellites revolving in high earth orbits as geosynchronous?

Name the type of satellite found in middle earth orbits at a height of around above the earth's surface. (Write the full form).

International Space Station and Hubble telescope revolve in _____ Orbits.

Name the Indian satellite used in the field of education.

Geostationary satellites are found in elliptical medium earth orbits.

Geosynchronous satellites are found in High Earth Orbits.

In the case of High earth Orbit, the height of the satellite's orbit above the earth's surface is greater than or equal to _____ .

Select the incorrect statement about High Earth Orbits.

Critical velocity of the artificial satellite acts in a tangential direction to the orbit.


Select the correct relation for critical velocity . Given is the mass of earth, is the mass of satellite, is the radius of earth and is the height of satellite above earth's surface.

The function of IRNSS is to work as a


The first artificial satellite is _____.

Artificial satellites work on _____ energy.
