Calculate the magnitude of its weight in newtons to 2


Suppose an orbiting satellite has a mass of 5.6 metric tons, and is orbiting at 648 km above the surface of the Earth. Calculate the magnitude of its weight in Newtons to 2 s.f.

(Radius of Earth = 6400 km, Mass of the Earth = 5.97e24 kg and G = 6.67e-11 N.m2/kg2)

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