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A spacecraft moving in a west-to-east equatorial orbit is observed by a tracking station...

A spacecraft moving in a west-to-east equatorial orbit is observed by a tracking station located on the equator. If the spacecraft has a perigee altitude H = 150 km and velocity v when directly over the station and an apogee altitude of 1500 km, determine an expression for the angular rate p (relative to the earth) at which the antenna dish must be rotated when the spacecraft is directly overhead. Compute p. The angular velocity of the earth is ω = 0.7292(10-4 ) rad/s.

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