(i) Which satellite will see a wider area on Earth?
(a) A low earth orbit satellite (b) A high earth orbit satellite
(c) A medium earth orbit satellite
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a low earth orbit satellite.
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A “High-Earth Orbit satellite” will see a ‘wider area on Earth’.
Explanation:
- A satellite rotating at this orbit also called as geostationary orbit reaches about 36,000 km from Earth’s surface, which matches with the earth’s rotation.
- It moves in synchronous movement with that of the earth and then the name ‘geosynchronous’.
- A satellite rotating in this orbit can cover larger portions of the earth and hence most of the telecommunications and weather satellites follow this orbit.
- At this orbit, wider “patterns of weather and environmental conditions” on the earth can be obtained.
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