Earth's gravity and the satellite's velocity keeps it so that it stays in orbit. (there is a more complicated side, too...)
The correct answer is the Mesosphere. <span>Mesosphere </span><span>is the layer of the Earth's atmosphere that is directly above the stratopause and directly below the mesopause.</span>
Answer:
1.28 x 10^4 N
Explanation:
m = 1500 kg, h = 450 km, radius of earth, R = 6400 km
Let the acceleration due to gravity at this height is g'
g' / g = {R / (R + h)}^2
g' / g = {6400 / (6850)}^2
g' = 8.55 m/s^2
The force between the spacecraft and teh earth is teh weight of teh spacecraft
W = m x g' = 1500 x 8.55 = 1.28 x 10^4 N
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