The 1540 kg satellite, S-1, orbits the Earth in a circle once
every 8.50 hours. Take the mass of the
Earth to be 5.98x1024 kg and the radius of the Earth to be
6.38x106m. Take G to be 6.67x10-11
Nm2/kg2.
a) How far above the Earth’s surface is the S-1?
b) What is the speed of the satellite in this orbit?
c) What is the total energy of the S-1 as it orbits the Earth?
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