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Satellite Motion for NEET: 11 solved questions

Real NEET paper questions on satellite motion, part of gravitation. Each opens with the options, the correct answer and a step-by-step solution. Papers run from 1990 to 2023. No sign-in needed to read them.

What this topic asks

• Time period of a satellite — 4 questions
• Orbital velocity — 4 questions
• Angular momentum and elliptical orbits — 2 questions
• Geostationary satellite — 1 question

All 11 questions with solutions

• A satellite is orbiting just above the surface of the earth with period T. If d is the density of the earth a… NEET 2023
• The time period of a geostationary satellite is 24 h, at a height 6R_E (R_E is radius of earth) from surface… OD NEET 2019
• A remote-sensing satellite of earth revolves in a circular orbit at a height of 0.25×10⁶ m above the surface… NEET 2015
• A satellite S is moving in an elliptical orbit around the earth. The mass of the satellite is very small comp… NEET 2015
• A geostationary satellite is orbiting the earth at a height of 5R above that surface of the earth, R being th… NEET 2012
• The radii of circular orbits of two satellites A and B of the earth, are 4R and R, respectively. If the speed… NEET 2010
• Two satellites of earth, S₁ and S₂ are moving in the same orbit. The mass of S₁ is four times the mass of S₂.… NEET 2007
• A ball is dropped from a spacecraft revolving around the earth at a height of 120 km. What will happen to the… NEET 1996
• A satellite A of mass m is at a distance of r from the surface of the earth. Another satellite B of mass 2m i… NEET 1993
• The mean radius of earth is R, its angular speed on its own axis is ω and the acceleration due to gravity at… NEET 1992
• A planet is moving in an elliptical orbit around the sun. If T, V, E and L stand respectively for its kinetic… NEET 1990