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Why is the energy of a satellite negative?

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(i) Implies that the satellite is bound to the Earth and it cannot escape from the Earth.
(ii) As h approaches `oo`, the total energy tends to zero. Its physical meaning is that the satellite is completely free from the influence of Earth's gravity and is not bound to Earth at large distance.
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