A satellite is launched from Kennedy Space Center (latitude 29.0 degrees N and l

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A satellite is launched from Kennedy Space Center (latitude 29.0 degrees N and longitude 81.5 degrees W) using a launch azimuth of 90 degrees to a circular parking orbit altitude of 300 km.

(a) calculate the inclination of this orbit?
(b) Calculate the launch V benefit due to Earth's rotation for launching at this location and launch azimuth, assuming a perfectly spherically Earth of radius 6378 km?

(c) IS this V benefit smaller or larger for the actual Earth (recall that the Earth's equatorial radius is 6378 km)?

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