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Why scientist must carefully set the right orbital speed of a satellite orbiting earth?
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Scientists must carefully set the right orbital speed for a satellite that will be orbiting Earth, so that it will orbit correctly. The wrong speed will have the satellite move too fast, or too slow, skewing information and possibly causing the satellite to fall out of orbit and back to the planet's surface.
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