JEE Main 20203 Sep, Morning shiftPhysicsHardGravitation159× since 2002
A satellite is moving in a low nearly circular orbit around the earth. Its radius is roughly equal to
that of the earth’s radius R_e
. By firing rockets attached to it, its speed is instantaneously increased
in the direction of its motion so that it become
times larger. Due to this the farthest distance
from the centre of the earth that the satellite reaches is R. Value of R is :