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Calculate (i) kinetic energy (ii) potential energy and (iii) total energy of a satellite of mass `200 kg` orbiting around the earth in an orbit of height `100 km` from the surface of earth. Given, mass of earth `= 10^(25) kg`,radius of earth `= 6.4 xx 10^(6) m, G = 6.67 xx 10^(-11) Nm^(2) kg^(-2)`.

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