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Question: “A satellite is in an elliptic orbit around the Earth. Its speed at the perigee A…”

A satellite is in an elliptic orbit around the Earth. Its speed at the perigee A is 8500 m/s (Figure 1) .

A) Use conservation of energy to determine its speed at B. The radius of the Earth is 6380 km.

B) Use conservation of energy to determine the speed at the apogee C.

Answer: “A satellite is in an elliptic orbit around the Earth. Its speed at the perigee A…”

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Relevant knowledge

The Newton’s Universal Gravitation Law, and Newton’s Second Law govern the motion of an object within the gravitational field. If the total energy of an object is negative, its orbit can be finite or infinite. The finite trajectory of an ellipse is the ellipse. The non-finite motion follows either a parabolic or hyperbolic path.

Conclusion

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