A spacecraft draws an elliptical orbit with a minimum distance of ha=2400 km to the earth and a maximum distance of ha=9600 km. a) The speed of the spacecraft at the closest point A to the earth, b) Calculate its velocity at the farthest point B from the earth. (Take the radius of the Earth as R=6370 km, g=10 m/s?.) Utay Arac Dinya A B
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