NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) System constellation resides at geosynchronous orbit (35,000km) altitude. If a t
echnician at the Goddard Spaceflight Center in Maryland initiates a transmission to the Johnson Spaceflight Center in Houston over TDRS, how long will it be until JSC detects the transmission (one-way latency)? You may assume there is negligible processing delay on the satellite, and that c = 3x108 m/sec.
On Earth, flowing of liquid metal in the outer core of the planet generates electric currents. The rotation of Earth on its axis causes these electric currents to form a magnetic field which extends around the planet. The magnetic field is extremely important to sustaining life on Earth.
