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2. (10 marks) A satellite in an elliptical orbit around the earth has a minimum distance of 6,600 km from earth's centre
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2. (10 marks) A satellite in an elliptical orbit around the earth has a minimum distance of 6,600 km from earth's centre, where its velocity is 9.00 km/s. (a) Find the maximum distance from earth's centre, and the eccentricity e of the orbit. (b) What is the velocity of the satellite at a distance of 9,000 km from earth, and what are the radial and tangential components of that velocity? Some convenient parameters are: g(R) = GM/R2 = 9.81 x 10-km/s"; R = 6,370 km; GM. = 3.98 x 105 km/s.