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What is earth s satellite.
On 4 october 1957 the soviet union launched the world s first artificial satellite sputnik 1 since then about 8 900 satellites from more than 40 countries have been launched.
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Earth satellite also called artificial satellite artificial object launched into a temporary or permanent orbit around earth.
Spacecraft of this type may be either crewed or uncrewed the latter being the most common.
In the context of spaceflight a satellite is an object that has been intentionally placed into orbit these objects are called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as earth s moon.
However a satellite needs to be going fast at least 8 km 5 miles a second to stop from falling back down to earth immediately.
If a satellite is traveling fast enough it will.
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