Satellite orbits: orbital and escape velocity

Launch satellites around Earth from any altitude with any speed. See circular, elliptical, parabolic and hyperbolic paths, compute orbital period, the geostationary orbit, and escape velocity √2 × orbital speed.

About this experiment

What you do in the lab

Change the controls and watch the physics behave in real time in 3D. Live readouts and graphs show the numbers behind it, and the Learn tab has the theory, procedure, observations and viva questions. Works on a phone or a laptop, in English and Hindi.

Topics: satellite · orbital velocity · escape velocity · geostationary · energy of satellite

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