What is the minimum velocity needed for a spaceship to escape the Earth's gravitational force?
A space-ship is put into a circular orbit close to Earth's surface. What additional velocity must be imparted to the ship so that it is able to escape the gravitational pull of Earth(approximately)? (R=6400km,g=9.8 ms2)
The escape velocity from the earth is about 11kms−1. The escape velocity from a planet having twice the radius and the same mean density as the earth, is