Question

A space shuttle of mass 86400 kg is revolving in a circular orbit of radius 6.66 × 10⁶ m around the earth. It takes 90.1 minutes for the shuttle to complete one revolution. On a repair mission it moves 1 m closer to a disable satellite every 3.0 s. Find the KE of shuttle relative to the satellite.

• A. 4800 J
• B. 480 J
• C. 2.59 × 10¹² J
• D. 2.69 × 10¹¹ J

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

4800 J

Answer 2