A satellite (above the equator of the Earth) has a perigeum height of 150 km, and the ratio between its maximum- and minimum velocity is 2. What is its apogee height? What is its orbital equation? [Use the formulae of the previous exercises, problem

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A satellite (above the equator of the Earth) has a perigeum height of
150 km, and the ratio between its maximum- and minimum velocity is
2. What is its apogee height? What is its orbital equation? [Use the
formulae of the previous exercises, problem 1.] 

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