Spansion Inc. was an American-based company that designed, developed, and manufactured flash memory, microcontrollers, mixed-signal and analog products, as well as system-on-chip (SoC) solutions. The company had more than 3,700 employees in 2014 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
What keeps a satellite in orbit? Whether it is accessing GPS data or global communications, satellites play an integral role in the servicing of the modern world. This animated film, voiced by Johnny Ball, looks at how weâre able to take advantage of the Earthâs gravity to position Satellites in orbit.
Like LEOs, these satellites donât maintain a stationary distance from the earth.This is in contrast to the geostationary orbit, where satellites are always approximately 22,300 miles from the earth. Typically the orbit of a medium earth orbit satellite is about 10,000 miles (16,093.44 km) above earth.In various patterns, these satellites make the trip around earth in anywhere from 2â12 hours, which provides better coverage to wider areas than that provided by LEOs.ow-Earth-orbiting satellites are less expensive to launch into orbit than geostationary satellites and, due to proximity to the ground, do not require as high signal strength (Recall that signal strength falls off as the square of the distance from the source, so the effect is dramatic) .