Posted by Garcia on Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 10:21pm.
Geosynchronous means that the satellite orbits the earth at the same rate that the earth rotates about its axis, or 1 rev/24 hours. Use this information to plug into the formula for the speed as a function of period of rotation
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