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Why should the satellite velocity at the apogee point always be less than the velocity at the perigee point?
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written 8.9 years ago by gravatar for teamques10 teamques10 ★ 69k •   modified 8.9 years ago

Apogee is the farthest point in an orbit from the Earth’s surface whereas perigee is the nearest point.

Apogee and perigee

Apogee and perigee

As per Kepler’s second law, a satellite will sweep out equal areas in its orbital plane, focused at the barycentre (a point in space around which two objects orbit. …

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