Question: Please just help me answer the option (e) Thank you!! Part D - Application [Full Solutions are Reguired] [20 marks] 15. A 5.00 x 102

Please just help me answer the option (e) Thank you!!

Please just help me answer the option (e) Thank you!! Part D

Part D - Application [Full Solutions are Reguired] [20 marks] 15. A 5.00 x 102 kg communications satellite is to be placed into a circular geosynchronous orbit around the Earth. a) What is the radius of the satellite's orbit? [3 marks] in) What is the gravitational potential energy of the satellite when it is attached to its launch rocket, at rest on Earth's surface? [2 marks] c) What is the total energy of the satellite when it is in geonsynchronous orbit? [3 marks] d) How much work must the launch rocket do on the satellite to place it into orbit? [2 marks] e} Once in orbit, how much additional energy would the satellite require to escape from Earth's potential well? [2 marks]

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