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When answering the following questions assume that Sputnik 1 followed a circular orbit.
a) What was the orbital height of Sputnik above the Earth's surface? Give your answer in km.
c) What was the gravitational force between Earth and Sputnik when it was in orbit?
d) What was the orbital velocity of Sputnik? Give your answer in km/s.
e) What was the potential energy, the kinetic energy and the total mechanical energy of Sputnik
in its orbit?
f) How much work was done on Sputnik to bring it into its orbit? Assume Sputnik 1 is launched
from the equator.