The third stage of a rocket fired vertically up over the north pole coasts to a maximum

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The third stage of a rocket fired vertically up over the north pole coasts to a maximum altitude of 500 km following burnout of its rocket motor. Calculate the downward velocity v of the rocket when it has fallen 100 km from its position of maximum altitude. (Use the mean value of 9.825 m/s2 for g and 6371 km for the mean radius of the earth.)

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Engineering Mechanics Dynamics

ISBN: 9781118885840

8th Edition

Authors: James L. Meriam, L. G. Kraige, J. N. Bolton

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