Calculate the work that is done in Joules in launching a satellite of mass 1000 kg into an orbit above the Earth, at an elevation equal to the radius of the Earth?
Details and Assumptions
Earth’s mass = 6×1024 kg
Earth’s radius = 6.4×106 m
You may assume that all the work applied to the satellite is transformed into potential energy.
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