A space shuttle of mass 86400 kg is revolving in a circular orbit of radius 6.66 × 10 6 m around the earth. It takes 90.1 minutes for the shuttle to complete one revolution. On a repair mission it moves 1 m closer to a disable satellite every 3.0 s. Find the KE of shuttle relative to the satellite.
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