Tuesday 22 September 2015

rocket science - Escape velocity and orbital velocity confusion


If orbital velocity is reduced when we want to put a satellite in a higher orbit, and if to achieve a lower orbit we need to increase it's velocity, then how come by increasing the speed of the satellite we can escape the same satellite from earths gravity?




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