Satellites stay up there because they're moving really fast around the Earth, like a ball being swung in a circle. If you swing it too slowly, it falls down, but if you swing it just right, it keeps going around forever!
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- A dog running around the block doesn’t fall down because it keeps moving, just like satellites keep going around the Earth.
- If you swing a ball on a string fast enough, it stays in motion, this is how satellites stay up there.
- Imagine jumping off a cliff and flying sideways so fast that you never hit the ground.
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See also
- How Do Planets Stay in Orbit Around the Sun?
- How Do Planets Orbit the Sun?
- How Does a Satellite Stay in Orbit Around Earth?
- How Does ‘Gravity’ Actually Work and Why Do We Feel It?
- How Does Gravity Actually Work?
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