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A spaceship of mass 182kg is going to use a planet for a gravitational assist - that is, use the planet's gravity to change its direction of travel without expending any fuel. It is initially moving at a velocity of 255m/s and at an angle of ϕ0=56.3∘ at a distance of 10500km from the center of the planet, as shown in the figure.