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Calculate the speed of a satellite moving in a stable circular orbit about the Earth at a height of 4000 km from the surface of the earth (The mass of the earth is 5.97×1024 kg and the radius of the earth
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Calculate the speed of a satellite moving in a stable circular orbit about the Earth at a height of 4000 km from the surface of the earth (The mass of the earth is 5.97×1024 kg and the radius of the earth is 6.38×106 m).

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v^2 =GM/r^2

the speed of satellite is 3.12*10^6

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