Determine the change in the systems potential energy

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A 1 041-kg satellite orbits the Earth at a constant altitude of 103-km.

(a) How much energy must be added to the system to move the satellite into a circular orbit with altitude 195 km?

(b) What is the change in the system's kinetic energy?

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