The speed of a satellite in a highly elliptical orbit, after it passes the point of closest approach to the Earth and before it reaches the point of farthest separation from the Earth, is
A) increasing.
B) decreasing.
C) changing in a way such that both of the previous answers apply over different portions of the path.
D) constant.
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