Question

A satellite moves in its orbit around the earth due to

Answer 1

Gravitational Force on a Satellite: ... The gravitational force is due to the gravitational attraction towards the center of the Earth, whereas, the centripetal force is due to the circular motion of the satellite around the Earth.

Answer 2

Answer:

A staellite moves around the Earth due to gravitational pull of the Earth.

Explanation:

Every two object attract each other with a gravitational force that is directly proprtional to the product of the mass of the two object and inversely proprtional to the square of the distance of the two object.

The Earth attract the satellite with the same gravitational force and this causes the satellite to move around the Earth.