Question

A spacecraft flies over mars at a geopotential altitude of 80 kilometres. determine its geometric altitude (in metres).

Answer 1

Is the name of the spacecraft Tiangong1 ?

Answer 2

81003.44 m

h=Re+hG/Re *hG

h= 6378000+80000\6378000*80000

After Solving ,

we get

= 81003.44 m