You wish to put a 1000-kg satellite into a circular orbit 300 km above the earth’s surface. The mass and radius of the earth is 5.972×1024 kg and 6371 km respectively.  What speed, period, and radial acceleration will it have? Start the problem by drawing a Free Body Diagram.

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