GATE AE · 2026 · AE
Question 55: Core Topics
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Question 55
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An earth satellite moves in an elliptical orbit with a perigee altitude of 300 km and an apogee altitude of 3000 km. Assume that the radius of the earth is 6378 km. The eccentricity of the orbit is ________ (rounded off to three decimal places).
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GATE AE 2026 · Paper 1
Aerospace Engineering · Original paper archive
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- Aerospace Engineering
- Question type
- Numerical answer (NAT)
- Marks
- 2 marks
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