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An artificial satellite orbiting the earth in very thin atmosphere loses its energy gradually due to dissipation against atmospheric resistance , however small .Why then does its speed increase progressively as it comes closer and closer the earth ?

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As an artificial satellite gradually loses its energy due to dissipation against decreases rapidally . As a result , kinetic energy of satellite slightly increases . So its speed increases progressively .
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