Question #33d7d

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Nov 26, 2016

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Given

#T->"time period of revolution"= 90min=5400s#

#h-> " height of the orbit"=280km#

#R->"radius of the earth is at the equator" =6400 km#

Let

#m-> " mass of the satellite"#

#M-> " mass of the earth"#

#G-> " Gravitational constant"#

#g-> " acceleration due to gravity"=9.8ms^-2#

#v-> " speed of the satellite at height h"#

Considering the gravitational pull on satellite when it is on the surface of the earth we can write

#G(mM)/R^2=mg#

#=>GM=gR^2.........(1)#

Again considering the gravitational pull on satellite when it is revolving round the earth in an an orbit at height h in the equatorial plane with speed v , we can write

#G(mM)/(R+h)^2=(mv^2)/(R+h)#

#=>(GM)/(R+h)=v^2#

Now replacing #GM=gR^2 #

#=>(gR^2)/(R+h)=v^2#

#=>v=Rxxsqrt(g/(R+h))=6400kmxxsqrt((9.8xx10^-3kms^-2)/((6400+280)km))#

#=>v=(64xx7)/sqrt3340kms^-1~~7.75kms^-1#