The Molniya orbit is a 12 hour period highly eccentric orbit used by Russia for communication satellites. Perigee and Apogee of the Molniya orbit are 500 km and 39, 873 km respectively. Consider a satellite deployed in such a orbit. Determine the satellite's time
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