A satellite is to be placed in equatorial geostationary orbit around earth for communication.

(a) Calculate height of such a satellite.

(b) Find out the minimum number of satellites that are needed to cover entire earth so that at least one satellites is visible from any point on the equator.

 [M = 6 × 1024 kg, R = 6400 km, T = 24h, G = 6.67 × 10-11 SI units

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    alok kumar singh | Contributor-Level 10

    4 months ago
    This is a Long Type Questions as classified in NCERT Exemplar

    Explanation- mass of earth M = 6 × 10 24 k g

    Radius of the earth , R = 6400km= 6.4 × 10 6 m

    T=24h= 24 × 60 × 60 = 86400 s

    G = 6.67 × 10-11Nm2/kg2

    (a) Time period T = 2 π R + h 3 G M

    T 2 = 4 π 2 ( R + h ) 3 G M

    R + h = ( T 2 G M 4 π 2 )1/3

    h =  ( T 2 G M 4 π 2 )1/3-R

    So after solving we get h = 3.59 × 10 7 m

    (b) If satellite is at height h from the earth’s surface

     

    Cos θ = R R + h = 1 1 + h R = 1 1 + 5.61 = 1 6.61 = 0.1513 = cos81018’

    θ = 81018’

    2 θ =2(81018’)= 162036’

    If n number of satellite needed to cover entire the earth then

    So n = 3600/2 θ = 2.31

    So minimum 3 satellite are required to cover entire earth.

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