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An artificial satellite is launched from an altitude of 500 km with a velocity υP that is...

An artificial satellite is launched from an altitude of 500 km with a velocity υP that is parallel to the surface of the Earth. Requiring that the altitude at apogee be 20,000 km, determine the velocity at B, that is, the position in the orbit when the velocity is first orthogonal to the launch velocity.

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