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The total energy of a satellite of mass m orbiting with a critical orbital speed v is

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The speed required to be imparted in a horizontal direction to a satellite , which has been taken to a certain altitude , to put it into a stable circular orbit around the Earth is called the critical speed for the orbital radius.
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