SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -Artificial satellites use solar panels to utilize the energy of the incident light from the sun to power their instruments inside it. The energy is inexhaustible and free throughout. Hence it is imperative to use solar energy through solar panels to provide electricity to instruments in artificial satellites.

Detailed explanation-2: -Satellites are artificial machines which orbit around celestial bodies to gather information or for communication. Satellites get their power from solar panels. A solar panel is a collection of solar cells which generates electricity directly from the light of the sun.

Detailed explanation-3: -A satellite orbits Earth when its speed is balanced by the pull of Earth’s gravity. Without this balance, the satellite would fly in a straight line off into space or fall back to Earth. Satellites orbit Earth at different heights, different speeds and along different paths.

Detailed explanation-4: -The main source of power is sunlight, which is harnessed by the satellite’s solar panels. A satellite also has batteries on board to provide power when the Sun is blocked by Earth. The batteries are recharged by the excess current generated by the solar panels when there is sunlight.

Detailed explanation-5: -Solar panel equipped, energy transmitting satellites collect high intensity, uninterrupted solar radiation by using giant mirrors to reflect huge amounts of solar rays onto smaller solar collectors. This radiation is then wirelessly beamed to Earth in a safe and controlled way as either a microwave or laser beam.