"Only friction between the air and the satellite piece prevents the formula from the conservation of energy from being completely accurate" is stated as PEelastic = 1/2 kx^2
Conservation of energy is a law in physics and chemistry that states that the total energy of an isolated system remains constant (unchanged). The energy is only transformed from one form to another.
Potential energy (PE) is the energy due to the position of a body. One example of potential energy is elastic potential energy (PEelastic). It's the energy stored by stretching or compressing an object by an external force. In the case in the question above, the object is the satellite piece, being compressed by the air.
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