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Satellites & Orbital Velocity: JEE Questions & Solutions

12 previous-year JEE Physics questions on Satellites & Orbital Velocity, each with a worked step-by-step solution.

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Previous-year questions

  1. 01Initially a satellite of 100 kg is in a circular orbit of radius 1.5R_E. This satellite can be moved to a circular orbit of radius 3R_E by…MCQMediumJEE 2026
  2. 02Given below are two statements: Statement I: A satellite is moving around earth in an orbit very close to the earth surface. The time…MCQEasyJEE 2026
  3. 03A satellite of mass M/2 is revolving around Earth in a circular orbit at a height of R/3 from the Earth's surface. The angular momentum of…NVAMediumJEE 2025
  4. 04A satellite is launched into a circular orbit of radius R around the earth. A second satellite is launched into an orbit of radius 1.03R.…MCQEasyJEE 2025
  5. 05Two planets, A and B are orbiting a common star in circular orbits of radii R_A and R_B, respectively, with R_B = 2R_A. The planet B is 4√2…NVAEasyJEE 2025
  6. 06A satellite of mass 1000 kg is launched to revolve around the earth in an orbit at a height of 270 km from the earth's surface. Kinetic…NVAEasyJEE 2025
  7. 07A satellite of 10³ kg mass is revolving in a circular orbit of radius 2R. If 10⁴R/6 joules of energy is supplied to the satellite, it would…MCQMediumJEE 2024
  8. 08Two particles of equal mass m move in a circle of radius r under the action of their mutual gravitational attraction. The speed of each…MCQMediumJEE 2023
  9. 09Given below are two statements: Statement I: If E be the total energy of a satellite moving around the Earth, then its potential energy…MCQEasyJEE 2023
  10. 10Two satellites of masses m and 3m revolve around the earth in circular orbits of radii r and 3r respectively. The ratio of orbital speeds…MCQEasyJEE 2023
  11. 11The time period of a satellite, revolving above Earth's surface at a height equal to R will be (Given g = π² m/s², R = radius of earth):MCQEasyJEE 2023
  12. 12Two satellites A and B move round the earth in the same orbit. The mass of A is twice the mass of B. The quantity which is same for the two…MCQEasyJEE 2023

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Our bank has 12 previous-year JEE Physics questions tagged to Satellites & Orbital Velocity, drawn from JEE papers between 2023 and 2026, including 2 from 2026 alone. Each comes with a full step-by-step solution.

Satellites & Orbital Velocity is rated Advanced overall for JEE Physics. The PYQs on this page break down as 8 easy, 4 medium.

Of the 12 previous-year questions on Satellites & Orbital Velocity, 9 are multiple-choice (MCQ) and 3 are numerical-value (NVA) questions.

Based on recent paper analysis, Satellites & Orbital Velocity is worth about 1 mark in JEE Main. It sits in Gravitation, a Class 11 Physics chapter.

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