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A satellite is revolving in a circular orbit at a height $'h'$ from the earth's surface (radius of earth $R;h < < R$). The minimum increase in its orbital velocity required, so that the satellite could escape from the earth's gravitational field, is close to : (Neglect the effect of atmosphere.)
$\sqrt{2 g R}$
$\sqrt{g R}$
$\sqrt{g R / 2}$
$\sqrt{g R}(\sqrt{2}-1)$

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