A spacecraft of mass 10,000kg is parked in a circular orbit 200km above Earths surface. What is

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A spacecraft of mass 10,000kg is parked in a circular orbit 200km above Earth’s surface. What is the minimum energy required (neglect the fuel mass burned) to place the satellite in a synchronous orbit (i.e., τ = 24hr)?
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Vector Mechanics for Engineers Statics and Dynamics

ISBN: 978-0073212227

8th Edition

Authors: Ferdinand Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr., Elliot Eisenberg, William Clausen, David Mazurek, Phillip Cornwell

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