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Kinematics in 2D
Kinematics in 2D
4. 2D Kinematics / Kinematics in 2D / Problem 2

A private space technology company aims to land its rocket (m = 5.49× 105kg) back on Earth in an upright position after its mission into space orbit. However, when the rocket was 3 × 104 km from Earth, one of its engines failed due to a malfunction, and it started falling back at a rate of 15 km/s. Ignoring the earth's gravitational force on the rocket, determine when the rocket will crash on the earth.

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