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A rocket blasts away from the earth with a cargo for the international space station. Sketch the graph of the force of gravity the rocket experiences from the earth as a function of time.
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A rocket blasts away from the earth with a cargo for the international space station. Sketch the graph of the force of gravity the rocket experiences from the earth as a function of time.

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F = GMm/r2 so F is proportional to 1/r2. Standard orbital altitudes are not a large percentage of the radius of the Earth. The acceleration due to gravity is only slightly smaller in orbit compared to the surface of the Earth. sorry if it’s wrong
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