SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -A satellite is an object that moves around a larger object. Earth is a satellite because it moves around the sun. The moon is a satellite because it moves around Earth. Earth and the moon are called “natural” satellites.

Detailed explanation-2: -Currently the heaviest spacecraft is the International Space Station, nearly double Shuttle-Mir’s mass in orbit.

Detailed explanation-3: -Usually, the word “satellite” refers to a machine that is launched into space and moves around Earth or another body in space. Earth and the moon are examples of natural satellites. Thousands of artificial, or man-made, satellites orbit Earth.

Detailed explanation-4: -A satellite is an object which revolves around a planet in fixed orbits. It can be an artificial satellite which is placed intentionally into a planet’s orbit or a natural satellite like the Moon.