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![[Post New]](/templates/default/images/icon_minipost_new.gif) 2 Jan 2008 23:55:36 IST
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A geostationary satellite is at a height of 36000 KM.
g at that height is given by eq
ma=GmM/R2 where R=42000Km
True weight refers to weight at earths surface. So R becomes 1/7th the value (6400Km). So, g increases 49 times.
So, its true weight should be roughly 490N.
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