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PolarBear
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Re: Satellite

said by koam See Profile :

and where did you get 22,000 miles from?
Well, I kind of guesstimated it from what I've learned about DirecTV as an installer.

Why, do you not agree?
permalink · 2008-02-23 20:56:30 · Reply to this

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Re: Satellite - 22,000 miles?

Satellites such as these are put into geosynchronous or geostationary orbits, a position where they are in the same apparent place in the sky all the time, or at the same place at the same time each day. That makes them easy to aim at with the ground antenna. Such orbits are always at 22,000 miles up. »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geosynchronous_orbit
permalink · 2008-02-24 07:18:37 · Reply to this

koam
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Re: Satellite

No, i'm just surprised. I imagined they'd be closer. 22,000+ miles up is nearly three times Earth's diameter. Almost three Earths would fit between Earth's surface and the satellite. That's far!

In contrast, the International Space Station and Shuttle, when it goes to the ISS, orbit at less than 250 miles up. 189-246 miles vs 22,223 miles, a huge difference.
permalink · 2008-02-24 09:41:48 · Reply to this

PolarBear
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Re: Satellite

And that, my friend, is why satellite internet has such high lags!
permalink · 2008-02-24 12:15:22 · Reply to this
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