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If a spacecraft has a high specific mechanical energy, what doesthis tell us about the size of the orbit? Why?

What is the specific mechanical energy, e, of an orbit with asemimajor axis of 42,160 km

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Mechanical energy kinetic energy potential energy ME KE PE The SPECIFIC mechanical energy is just the ME divided by the spacecrafts mass SME MEm KEPEm The reason they like to use SME instead of ME is that it simplifies the equation a bit explained later Now lets work on the KE Lets assume    See Answer
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