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4 TYPES OF ORBITS - correct answer ✔✔LEO,
MEO
GEO
HEO
WHAT DOES LEO STAND FOR - correct answer ✔✔Low Earth Orbit
WHAT DOES MEO STAND FOR - correct answer ✔✔Medium Earth Orbit
WHAT DOES GEO STAND FOR - correct answer ✔✔Geosynchronous orbit
What does HEO stand for? - correct answer ✔✔Highly Elliptical Orbit
HOW ARE SATELIITES TRAVELING AROUND EARTH - correct answer ✔✔FALLING AROUND EARTH DUE TO
GRAVITY
Is Earth a perfect sphere? - correct answer ✔✔no, it bulges at the equator
orbit period - correct answer ✔✔how long a satellite takes to go around once
how many times does the space station orbit earth - correct answer ✔✔16x a day 95 minutes
What does apogee mean? - correct answer ✔✔furthest away from earth
at apogee does the object move fastest or slowest - correct answer ✔✔slowest
, What does perigee mean? - correct answer ✔✔closest to the earth
at perigee does the object move fastest or slowest - correct answer ✔✔fastest
what does prograde mean - correct answer ✔✔rotates WITH Earth's rotation
which is counterclockwise
What does retrograde mean? - correct answer ✔✔rotates AGAINST Earth's rotation
clockwise
What does nadir mean? - correct answer ✔✔the downward-facing viewing geometry of an orbiting
satellite
what is ground trace - correct answer ✔✔projection of a satellite's orbit onto Earth's surface
How many laws did Kepler have - correct answer ✔✔3
What are Keplers 3 laws - correct answer ✔✔Law of Orbits
Law of Areas
Law of Periods
What is Keplers 1st law - correct answer ✔✔law of orbits
What is the law of orbits - correct answer ✔✔The orbits of planets are ellipses with the sun at focus
(DISTANCE FROM THE FOCI TO A POINT ON ELLIPSE IS A CONSTANT}