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Why don't satellites in orbit fall to the ground? Why don't they fly off into space

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garaviy so get it and this is a wrong
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they don't fall to the ground because their speed keeps them in orbit, ~18,000 mph

they don't wander off into space because they have navigation systems on board that keep them in the correct position in orbit.
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