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tiny-mole [99]
3 years ago
12

For a satellite to be in a circular orbit 950 km above the surface of the earth, what orbital speed must it be given?

Physics
1 answer:
ANTONII [103]3 years ago
6 0

1.) 7382 m/s

The gravitational attraction between the satellite and the Earth provides the centripetal force that keeps the satellite in circular motion, so we can write

\frac{GMm}{(R+h)^2}=m\frac{v^2}{R+h}

where

G is the gravitational constant

M=5.98\cdot 10^{24}kg is the Earth's mass

m is the satellite's mass

R=6370 km = 6.37\cdot 10^6 m is the Earth's radius

h=950 km = 0.95\cdot 10^6 m is the altitude of the satellite above the Earth's surface

v is the orbital speed

Solving the formula for v, we find

v=\sqrt{\frac{GM}{R+h}}=\sqrt{\frac{(6.67\cdot 10^{-11})(5.98\cdot 10^{24} kg)}{(6.37\cdot 10^6 m +0.95\cdot 10^6 m)}}=7382 m/s

2) 1.73 hours

The period of the orbit is the time taken to complete one revolution around the Earth, therefore:

T=\frac{2\pi (R+h)}{v}

where the numerator is the circumference of the orbit and v the orbital speed, therefore we find

T=\frac{2\pi (6.37\cdot 10^6 m+0.95e6 m)}{7382 m/s}=6227 s

Converting into hours,

T=\frac{6227 s}{3600 s/h}=1.73 h

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