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A 5,000 Kg Satellite Is Orbiting the Earth in a Circular

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A 5,000 kg satellite is orbiting the Earth in a circular path. The height of the satellite above the surface of the Earth is 800 km. The angular speed of the satellite as it orbits the Earth is (ME = 5.98 × 1024 kg, RE = 6.37 × 106 m, G = 6.67 × 10−11 N·m2/kg2)


A) 9.50 × 10−4 rad/s.
B) 1.04 × 10−3 rad/s.
C) 1.44 × 10−3 rad/s.
D) 1.90 × 10−3 rad/s.
E) 2.20 × 10−3 rad/s.

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