Orbit of a satellite Calculator
Calculates the orbital radius and period, and flight velocity from the orbital altitude. | ||
Orbit of a satellite
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- Purpose of use
- Used in KSP RO for comm sat network planning.
[1] 2020/09/06 07:26 Female / 30 years old level / A homemaker / Very /
- Purpose of use
- general curiosity
- Comment/Request
- would be great to be able to specify any parameter and calculate the others
[2] 2020/08/24 11:12 Male / 40 years old level / An office worker / A public employee / Very /
- Purpose of use
- Calculate oribtal speed around Ceres
- Comment/Request
- Can we have a version where we can input the acceleration due to gravity? could be a dropdown list of presets and the ability to enter a custom value. I am trying to work out if a fast bowler on Ceres could technically put a ball into orbit.
[3] 2020/08/19 23:58 Female / 50 years old level / Others / A little /
- Purpose of use
- Discovering at what speed you'd need to push a squirrel to miss the earth at that squirrel's fatal fall altitude (8000kms)
[4] 2020/07/29 22:50 Male / 40 years old level / High-school/ University/ Grad student / Very /
- Purpose of use
- Research for a scifi writing project.
[5] 2020/07/24 14:31 Male / 60 years old level or over / A retired person / Useful /
- Purpose of use
- Calculating a stable orbit for a space station in Space Engineers
[6] 2020/07/21 04:30 Male / Under 20 years old / High-school/ University/ Grad student / Useful /
- Purpose of use
- Checking period of GCOM-W1 for research purposes
[7] 2020/07/15 09:52 Male / 30 years old level / A teacher / A researcher / Useful /
- Purpose of use
- Used it for KSP RSS for comm sat orbits
[8] 2020/06/26 19:26 Male / Under 20 years old / High-school/ University/ Grad student / Useful /
- Purpose of use
- I am writing a sci-fi novel and am doing preliminary research on the altitude that a time mirror would have to orbit so that its antiproton beam will always point at the Earths' southern rotational axis. The mirror is mounted in a fixture which will enable it to maintain the correct attitude, but I was wondering if the orbital radius over the South Pole (rotational axis) has to be fixed or does it matter. I think that it doesn't matter, as long as the satellite maintains a circum-solar orbit.(?)
[9] 2020/06/04 01:23 Male / 60 years old level or over / A retired person / Useful /
- Purpose of use
- Checking my spreadsheet calculations before teaching class
- Comment/Request
- My results are slightly different -- a bit high on orbital altitude and a bit low on velocity. Suspect the difference may be the result of different values used for G, m_earth and radius_earth. Spreadsheet uses 6.674E-11 m3/kg sec2, 5.972E+24 kg, 6437E+06 m.
[10] 2020/06/03 03:55 Male / 60 years old level or over / An engineer / Useful /
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