How does a satelite stay in postioion over the earth day after day?

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2007-12-10 16:02:06 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics

the scientists who made it program to boost itself to move at a calculated velocity so that it will remain over the same portion of the earth

2007-12-10 16:07:22 · answer #1 · answered by tkzero212 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋

It's placed in a Geo-synchronous orbit. It's falling around the Earth a the same rate as the real estate below it is turning.

2007-12-11 00:14:32 · answer #2 · answered by PeeTee 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋