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Spinning satellites are particularly stable. suppose that the astronauts launching a particular satellite decide to increase its angular velocity by a factor of 5. how will that change affect the satellite's
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Spinning satellites are particularly stable. suppose that the astronauts launching a particular satellite decide to increase its angular velocity by a factor of 5. how will that change affect the satellite's angular momentum?

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supposing velocity is speed and direction, and momentum is mass*velocity, if the velocity increases by a factor of 5, then so should the momentum regardless of the whole space thing.
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