Frustrated by Gravity: Solving an Energy Conservation Problem

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grrr... gravity

A rocket is launched straight up from the Earth's surface at a speed of 1.90×104 . What is its speed when it is very far away from the earth?
plugging everything into the energy conservation theorem i came up with the exact same speed... I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.
 
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