Monday, February 6, 2012

How much would a 1500kg satellite weigh at the surface of the moon?

September 28, 2010 by  
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The gravitational field strength on the moon, which has a radius of 1.74×10^6m, is approximately 0.17 as large as the gravitational field strength at the surface of the earth. How much would a 1500kg satellite weigh at the surface of the moon?

A satellite of mass 150 KG launched 3000km above the earths surface What is the speed?

May 29, 2010 by  
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A satellite of mass 150kg is launched 3000km above the earths surface. A. What is the speed of the satellite in its orbit? B. What is providing the centripetal force on it? What is its value? C. What is the time period of the satellite?

Project 10^100 – Global network of local surface sky observers – Google Idea

May 19, 2010 by  
Filed under satellite types

The essence of the idea, that we observe the sky locally using cheap devices (plain cameras) and existing infrastructure (mobile-relay stations). In this manner we get more and better visual data with a spatial-temporal resolution for the processing, with which the meteorological observations will be more accurate, we can prepare better models, we can observe [...]