A spy satellite is in circular orbit around Earth. Itmakes one revolution in 6.0

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A spy satellite is in circular orbit around Earth. Itmakes one revolution in 6.04 hours. (a) How high above Earth's surface is the satellite?___km (b) What is the satellite's acceleration?___m/s2
A spy satellite is in circular orbit around Earth. Itmakes one revolution in 6.04 hours. (a) How high above Earth's surface is the satellite?___km (b) What is the satellite's acceleration?___m/s2

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a) R^3= GM.T^2/42 => R=16860,3 km => the high above earth 's surface : h=R-Ro =16860,3-6400=10460,3 km b)acceleration : a=GM/R^2 =1,4 m/s

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