Physics Class 9

Satellites

Why don't satellites fall back to Earth?

uniboardhub
Asked on 01/11/2025 151 views
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uniboardhub
4 months ago

They do fall but their horizontal speed is so high that Earth's surface curves away beneath them — resulting in continuous free fall, i.e., orbiting.

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