Evaluate the minimum altitude of the orbit


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Q: An experimental space probe is launched from the earth and enters a highly eccentric elliptic orbit as it reaches point A. Knowing that its velocity there is observed to be vA = 30,000 km/h at an angle of 60° with the vertical, determine the minimum altitude of the orbit.

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