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The question:
At what speed would a small object have to be launched from the satellite in order to escape earth’s gravity, assuming that the satellite is not moving?
The satellite is in circular orbit around the Earth and the radius of the orbit is 4.22 x 10^7.
The main problem I am having with this question is figuring out the escape velocity from the equation v = sqrt[(2Gm)/R], m being the body that the object is being launched from and R being its radius.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
At what speed would a small object have to be launched from the satellite in order to escape earth’s gravity, assuming that the satellite is not moving?
The satellite is in circular orbit around the Earth and the radius of the orbit is 4.22 x 10^7.
The main problem I am having with this question is figuring out the escape velocity from the equation v = sqrt[(2Gm)/R], m being the body that the object is being launched from and R being its radius.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.