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Should the speed of two artificial satellites of the earth having the different masses but the same orbital radius be the same?

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Yes orbital speed is independent of mass, depends upon the radius of the orbit.Since radius is same speed will be same.
$v = \sqrt{\frac{G M}{R}}$

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