Gravitational Potential and Potential Energy

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Important Questions on Gravitational Potential and Potential Energy

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Consider a satellite which is rotating in a circular orbit of radius 2RE about the earth. The mass of satellite is 1600 kg. What is the energy required to transfer it to a circular orbit of radius 8RE?
[use g=10 ms s-2, RE=6×106 m