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A sallime traveling in a circular orbit 1600 km above Earth is due to pass dimcty over a tracking station at noon. Assume that the satellite takes two hours to make an orbit and that the radius of Earth is 6400 km. a. If the tracking antenna is aimed 30° above the horizon, at what time will the satellite pass through the beam of the antenna? (See Fig. 7.5) Noon Station - Pig. 7.5 6400 8000 30⁰ After you are finished with this part of the assignment, please check the Canvas Announcement the next day to see if your calculations were helpful to the International Space Station.
A satellite traveling in a circular orbit 1600 km above Earth is due to pass directly over a tracking station at noon. Assume that the satellite takes two hours to make an orbit and that the radius of Earth is 6400 km. a. If the tracking antenna is aimed 30° above the horizon, at what time will the satellite pass through the beam of the antenna? (See Fig. 7.5) Noon Station Fig. 7.5 6400 8000 Satellite 300 x After you are finished with this part of the assignment, please check the Canvas Announcement the next day to see if your calculations were helpful to the International Space Station.
b. Find the distance between the satellite and the tracking station at 12:03 p.m. c. At what angle above the horizon should the antenna be pointed so that its beam will intercept the satellite at 12:03 p.m.? (See Fig. 7.6) 12:03 p.m. Noon 8000 Y -2000 6400 B-90 Fig. 7.6