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Obtain the relation between escape velocity and critical velocity when satellite is orbiting very close to earth.
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Show//prove that the escape velocity of a satellite orbiting round the earth is equal to `sqrt2` time its critical velocity.
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Show that `V_e = sqrt2. V_c` for a satellite orbiting round the earth.

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