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A communications satellite of mass 700 kg is placed in a circular orbit of radius 4.23 X 10^7m around the Earth.

A) What is the total orbital energy of this satellite?

B) How much extra enegry would we have to give this satellite to put it into parabolic orbit that permits it to escape to infinite distance from the earth?
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