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A spy satellite is in circular orbit around Earth. It makes one revolution in 5.99 hours....


A spy satellite is in circular orbit around Earth. It makes one revolution in 5.99 hours. How high above Earth's surface is the satellite?

: 10368477 m
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What is the satellite's acceleration?

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Time period of a satellite orbiting at a distance r from the center of earth is given by,

G is the universal gravitational constant and M is the mass of earth.

Time period of the satellite is 5.99 hr.

Mass of earth is, 5.972X10^24 kg

Putting the values,

Radius of earth is r_e=6371 km

So, height of the satellite above the earth's surface is

11) Angular velocity of the satellite with time period T is given by,

Time period is 5.99 hours

So, angular velocity is,

So the satellite's acceleration is,

genius_generous answered 3 days ago
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