$A$ satellite is to revolve around the Earth in a circle of radius $8000\, km$. The speed at which this satellite must be projected into an orbit will be......... $km/s$.

  • A
    $3$
  • B
    $16$
  • C
    $7.15$
  • D
    $8$

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