This is just Kepler’s third law, which says that the period of an orbit is proportional to the 3 2 power of its radius; 6378 km is the radius of the Earth. At an altitude ofkm, a satellite orbits the Earth once - Orbit - Document - PDFSEARCH.IO

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	This is just Kepler’s third law, which says that the period of an orbit is proportional to the 3/2 power of its radius; 6378 km is the radius of the Earth. At an altitude ofkm, a satellite orbits the Earth once Add to Reading List Document Date: 2011-04-04 22:16:57 Open Document File Size: 23,95 KB Share Result on Facebook / IndustryTerm satellite orbits / average satellite / communications satellites / web search / satellite tracking / / Organization North American Aerospace Defense Command / / Person Michael A. Covington / / Position Author / / ProvinceOrState Utah / / URL http / SocialTag Space technology Orbits Satellites Geosynchronous satellite Geostationary orbit Communications satellite Two-line element set Geocentric orbit Spaceflight Astrodynamics

This is just Kepler’s third law, which says that the period of an orbit is proportional to the 3/2 power of its radius; 6378 km is the radius of the Earth. At an altitude ofkm, a satellite orbits the Earth onceAdd to Reading List