JEE Main · Physics · Gravitation
Geostationary Satellites
JEE Main asked Geostationary Satellites 2 times in 2 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2021 and 2024. It belongs to Orbital Mechanics, in Gravitation (Physics). The longest wait between two years asking it was 3 years.
Updated 2026-10-24
- Times asked
- 2
- in 2 shifts
- Years
- 2 of 8
- First asked
- 2021
- last in 2024
- Pattern
- Occasional
- across the analysed shifts
Questions on this idea a shift, by year
2017–2026. Asked in 2021 and 2024. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Physics questions.
Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 1 in 24 shifts · 2022: 0 in 24 shifts · 2023: 0 in 12 shifts · 2024: 1 in 18 shifts · 2025: 0 in 8 shifts · 2026: 0 in 9 shifts.
Shift by shift
Each square is one analysed shift, in date order. Open a filled one for that paper.
How JEE Main framed it
Single correct is the usual form. Skill tested: calculation.
- Orbit radius from period and planet mass
- Orbital radius of geostationary satellite
Difficulty
Every question was multiple choice.
Every question
All 2 questions
From the official JEE Main shift papers, newest first. Open one for the full question, the options and the official answer.
- 5 Apr 2024, Shift 2 · Q37A satellite revolving around a planet in stationary orbit has time period 6 hours. The mass of planet is one-fourth the mass of earth. The…MediumSingle correct
- 4 Aug 2021, Shift 2 · Q16The distance of an equatorial satellite from the centre of Earth which is always above a certain place on the Earth’s surface is -EasySingle correct
Shifts: 4 Aug 2021, Shift 2, 5 Apr 2024, Shift 2.
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- Orbital Time Period10× · 2026
- Escape Velocity8× · 2024
- Kepler's Laws7× · 2024
- Orbital Velocity6× · 2024
- Areal Velocity and Angular Momentum4× · 2025
- Energy of Orbiting Bodies4× · 2025
- Binary Star Systems3× · 2023
- Work Done to Shift Orbitsonce · 2024
- Angular Momentum Dependence on Radiusonce · 2023
- Effect of Earth's Rotation on Launch Velocityonce · 2023
- Escape from an Orbiting Stateonce · 2023
- Kinetic to Potential Energy Ratiosonce · 2023