The orbital period of a satellite in a circular orbit of 500 km above the Earth's surface, taking mean radius of the Earth as 6400 km and Kepler's constant µ as 4 × 105 km3/s2 nearly
A. 1.6 hours
B. 2.4 hours
C. 3.2 hours
D. 6.4 hours
Answer: Option A
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