Determine the speed of the satellite

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An astronaut orbiting the Earth is preparing to dock with a Westar VI satellite. The satellite is in a circular orbit 700 km above the Earth's surface, where the free-fall acceleration is 8.15 m/s2. Take the radius of the Earth as 6400 km.

Determine the speed of the satellite.

m/s

Determine the time interval required to complete one orbit around the Earth, which is the period of the satellite.

min

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