You wish to put a satellite in orbit around Earth. (a) Which takes more energy per kilogram

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You wish to put a satellite in orbit around Earth.

(a) Which takes more energy per kilogram of satellite: launching the satellite from the ground to a height of \(1600 \mathrm{~km}\) above the ground or placing the satellite into orbit once it has reached that altitude?

(b) Repeat for an orbit \(3200 \mathrm{~km}\) above the ground.

(c) Repeat for an orbit \(4800 \mathrm{~km}\) above the ground.

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