Question

An astronaut orbiting the earth is preparing to dock with a westar vi satellite. the satellite is in a circular orbit 700 km above the earth's surface, where the free-fall acceleration is 8.18 m/s2. take the radius of the earth as 6400 km. determine the speed of the satellite.

Answer 1

D

Step-by-step explanation:

right on edge

Answer 2

The orbit of a space shuttle is surprisingly like an apple falling from a tree to earth. The space shuttle is simply moving so fast that the path of its fall is an orbit around our planet. Which of Newton’s laws helps explain the orbit of a space shuttle around earth and the orbit of earth around the sun