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The artificial satellite Aryabhatta was reported to revolve round the earth in 96.2 minutes at an average height of 600 km. With what velocity was it projected ? What was the acceleration due to gravity on the satellite ?
(Radius of the earth = 6400 km)

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`7.62 xx 10^(3) ms^(-1), 8.29 ms^(-2)`
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