Satellite “X" is now rotating clockwise around the earth. At the point shown in the diagram the satellite fires a thruster that moves from the dotted line orbit to the solid line orbit. To move the satellite's orbit from the dotted line orbit to the solid line orbit, what direction must the thruster be fired: in the same direction, in the opposite direction, or perpendicular to the motion at point A.

Satellite “X" is now rotating clockwise around the earth. At the point shown in the diagram the satellite fires a thruster that moves from the dotted line orbit to the solid line orbit. To move the satellite's orbit from the dotted line orbit to the solid line orbit, what direction must the thruster be fired: in the same direction, in the opposite direction, or perpendicular to the motion at point A.

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Satellite “X" is now rotating clockwise around the earth. At the point shown in the
diagram the satellite fires a thruster that moves from the dotted line orbit to the
solid line orbit. To move the satellite's orbit from the dotted line orbit to the solid
line orbit, what direction must the thruster be fired: in the same direction, in the
opposite direction, or perpendicular to the motion at point A.
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same
opposite
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