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10 November, 06:05

Calculate the speed of a satellite moving in a stable circular orbit about the earth at a height of 4800 km

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  1. 10 November, 09:02
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    The speed of satellite or orbital speed is given by below formula.

    V = sqrt (GM/R)

    where

    G = is the gravitational force

    M = earth's mass

    R = radius of its orbit.

    Solving for the Orbital Speed,

    First add the earth's radius to the height of satellite wrt to the earths surface, we have R = 6.59x10^6 m + 4.8 x 10 6 m = 11.39x10^6

    Now

    V = sqrt ((6.673 x 10-11*5.98x1024 kg) / 11.39) = 5919 m/s
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