You are an astronaut in the space shuttle pursuing a satellite inneed of repair.

Question

You are an astronaut in the space shuttle pursuing a satellite inneed of repair. You are in a circular orbit of the same radius asthe satellite (400 km above the Earth), but 40 km behind it. (a) How long will it take to overtake thesatellite if you reduce your orbital radius by 1.9 km?
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(b) By how much must your reduce your orbital radius to catch up in8.9 hours?
2 km (a) How long will it take to overtake thesatellite if you reduce your orbital radius by 1.9 km?
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(b) By how much must your reduce your orbital radius to catch up in8.9 hours?
2 km

Explanation / Answer

For the solution click on the following link which provides thesame problem with different values. Note it is question10. Cut and paste the link. www.nhn.ou.edu/~abbott/Phys-2414-Spring-2009/HW-5-sol.pdf

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