8. Centripetal Forces & Gravitation
Energy of Circular Orbits
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Problem 13.51
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Textbook QuestionThe 75,000 kg space shuttle used to fly in a 250-km-high circular orbit. It needed to reach a 610-km-high circular orbit to service the Hubble Space Telescope. How much energy was required to boost it to the new orbit?
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