An Artificial Satellite Of Earth

An artificial satellite is an object that people have made and launched into orbit using rockets.
An artificial satellite of earth. The size altitude and design of a satellite depend on its purpose. Earth satellite also called artificial satellite artificial object launched into a temporary or permanent orbit around earth. These artificial satellites are built for various purposes. Sizes and altitudes of satellites.
There are an estimated half million artificial objects in earth orbit today ranging in size from paint flecks up to full fledged satellites each traveling at speeds of thousands of miles an. Sputnik 1 ˈspʊtnɪk ˈspʌtnɪk. Or 183 9 pounds and took about 98 minutes to orbit earth on its elliptical path. Artificial satellites are the objects that are intentionally placed by humans which orbits the earth for practical uses.
Communication satellites are used for wide communications. Artificial satellites are human built objects orbiting the earth and other planets in the solar system. The world s first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball 58 cm or 22 8 inches in diameter weighed only 83 6 kg. Time period of earth satellites.
Spacecraft of this type may be either crewed or uncrewed the latter being the most common. That launch ushered in new political military technological and scientific developments. There are currently over a thousand active satellites orbiting the earth. A man made device orbiting around the earth moon or another planet transmitting to earth scientific information or used for communication another name for satellite sense 2.
They are used for. This is different from the natural satellites or moons that orbit planets dwarf planets.