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That would be "revolution", not "rotation". Let's assume you need a certain speed for a circular orbit. If the satellite (in this case) has a bit less speed, it will get closer and closer to the Earth, during half of its orbit. While doing this, its speed will increase; during the other half of its orbit, this speed will make it go away from the Earth again. The final result is that it moves around the Earth in an ellipse. This assumes, of course, that it doesn't approach the Earth too much. If it gets too close, it will be slowed down by the atmosphere, and eventually crash to Earth.

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