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If the speed at every point of the new orbit is higher than the speed at every point

of the old one, then the orbit is smaller, but it can have the same shape.

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going too fast may give the satellite an elliptical orbit, or may cause the satellite to escape the gravity of Earth if the velocity is too great

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