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The orbital speed of a satellite does NOT depend on:
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A Radius of the orbit
B Mass of the satellite
C Mass of the Earth
D Gravitational constant
Explanation

v = sqrt(GM/r); it depends only on the central mass and orbital radius, not on the satellite's mass.

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