THE ANSWER GIVEN IN BOOK IS "both have same speed root gR. " PLZ EXPLAIN HOW. 2 artificial satellites one close to the earth and other away are revolving around the earth. Which of them has larger speed ? Share with your friends Share 0 Vijay Shankar Yadav answered this Dear Student, we have for revolving in a orbitcentriuagal force on stelliet =gravitational force mv2r=GMmr2 ( here r is radius of orbit )v=GMrv inversely proportional to square root r so close one will have greater velocity and far one will have slower velocity Regards 2 View Full Answer