Two satellites A and B move round the earth in the same orbit. The mass of A is twice the mass of B. The quantity which is same for the two satellites will be
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The formula to calculate the speed of a satellite while revolving around the Earth is given by
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where, v is the speed, G is the Gravitational constant, M e is the mass of the Earth, R is the radius of the orbit.
As can be seen from the equation, speed is independent of mass of satellite.
Hence, the speed of the satellites will be the same
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