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How are satellites shot into space so that they land at an appropriate distance from Earth?

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How are satellites shot into space so that they land at an appropriate distance from Earth?

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I’m not sure “land” is the right word here… Satellites are shot into space so that they end up with exactly the right velocity to correspond to the orbit required. Remember that according to Kepler’s third law, for a given speed (inversely proportional to period in a circular orbit), there is a single possible distance .

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