The weight of an astronaut,in an artificial satellite revolving around the earth,is

Assertion $A$: An astronaut inside a massive spaceship orbiting around the Earth will experience a finite but small gravitational force.
Reason $R$: The centripetal force necessary to keep the spaceship in orbit around the Earth is provided by the gravitational force between the Earth and the spaceship.

$A$ person sitting in a chair in a satellite feels weightless because

$A$ satellite is placed in a circular orbit around the Earth at an altitude of $1000 \,km$. The time period of the satellite in minutes is approximately (mass of the Earth $= 6 \times 10^{24} \,kg$, radius of the Earth $= 6.4 \times 10^6 \,m$, $G = 6.67 \times 10^{-11} \,Nm^2 \,kg^{-2}$).

$A$ satellite is orbiting just above the surface of a planet of density $\rho$ with a periodic time $T$. The quantity $T^2 \rho$ is equal to ($G=$ universal gravitational constant).

Two satellites are launched simultaneously into orbits of radius $R$ and $4R$. At an instant,the two satellites are on the same radial line. The time after which they have maximum separation is (mass of Earth = $M_e$). Assume the same sense of rotation.