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Question
Numerical problem.
At an orbital height of 400 km, find the orbital period of the satellite.
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Solution
h = 400 × 103m, R = 6371 × 103m,
v = 7616 × 103 kms– 1.
Substituting the values,
T = `"2π(R+h)"/"v"`
T = `6.28 × 6771/7616`
T = 5.583 × 103s = 5583 .
T ≈ 93 min
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