NASA
Nasa: The Space Place: Orbits 'R' Us
Learn about how Earth orbits the sun and how satellites orbit the Earth. Discover the different types of satellites such as GOES and POES and what they are used to monitor.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: G C Orbiting Satellite
A satellite is orbiting the Earth at a given height and young scholars are asked to find the distance it travels to complete 70 percent of an orbit. This task provides a context for connecting an angle in radians to the arc length...