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A satellite close to the Earth (at a height of about 200 km) has an orbital speed of 8km/s. Taking the radius of the orbit as approximately equal to the Earth's radius of 6400 km, calculate the time it
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A satellite close to the Earth (at a height of about 200 km) has an orbital speed of 8km/s. Taking the radius of the orbit as approximately equal to the Earth's radius of 6400 km, calculate the time it takes to make one orbit.​

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v T = 2 π R T is time for one orbit and v the speed of the satellite

T = 2 π R / v = 2 * 3.14 * 6.4E6 / 8E3 = 5027 sec = 83.8 min

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