Georgia Satellites - doeringalgebra2cc

Georgia Satellites - doeringalgebra2cc

Satellite Stuff
Algebra 2
Date
Weather
Satellite
Radius of Earth = 6400km
The satellite orbits 2600km
above Earth.
A weather satellite is a circular orbit around the Earth
completes one orbit every 2 hours. How far does the satellite travel in 30 minutes?
How far does the satellite travel in 3 hours?
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Weather
Satellite
Radius of Earth = 6400km
The satellite orbits 3000km
above Earth.
A weather satellite is a circular orbit around the Earth
completes one orbit every 2 hours. How far does the satellite travel in one hour?
How far does the satellite travel in 4 hours?
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Geostationary
Satellite
A geostationary satellite is
positioned 35,800 km above the
Earth's surface. It takes 24 hours
to complete one orbit. The
radius of the Earth is about
6400km. What is the distance the
satellite travels in 1 h? 3 ? 4.5 h ?
25 h?
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