You are designing a communications satellite to be placed in circular orbit around theEarth with a period of 8.00 hours. Recall that the mass and the radius of the Earth areME = 5.97 × 1024 kg and RE = 6.37 × 106 m.(a) At what height above the surface of the Earth should the satellite be placed?Give your answer in units of kilometers (km).(b) What is the orbital speed of this satellite, in km/s?

You are designing a communications satellite to be placed in circular orbit around theEarth with a period of 8.00 hours. Recall that the mass and the radius of the Earth areME = 5.97 × 1024 kg and RE = 6.37 × 106 m.(a) At what height above the surface of the Earth should the satellite be placed?Give your answer in units of kilometers (km).(b) What is the orbital speed of this satellite, in km/s?

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