How do satellites not fall back to Earth due to gravity if they are not traveling at escape velocity?
In: Physics
Escape velocity is not the speed required to orbit the Earth, it is the speed required to *escape* from orbit and leave the Earth behind forever. There’s a range of speeds in between the minimum speed for Low Earth Orbit (about 7,800 km/hr) and Earth escape velocity (about 11,000 km/hr, from LEO).
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