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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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Kinetic energy increases, but potential energy decreases, and the sum decreases due to dissipation against friction.
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