The International Space Station is orbiting at an altitude of about 370 km above the earth's surface. The mass of the earth is 5.97 × 1024 kg, the radius of the earth is 6.38 × 106 m, and G = 6.67 × 10-11 N • m2/kg2

Assuming a circular orbit, (a) what is the period of the International Space Station's orbit? (b) what is the speed of the International Space Station in its orbit?


(a) 5.52 × 103 s (b) 7.69 × 103 m/s

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