8.4

Geostationary Orbits

By Neal McLain, CSBE, SBE Chapter 24, Madison, WI
http://www.sbe24.org/techdocs/Geosat/satgeom2.asp
This link is to the second article in a series about geostationary orbits (i.e. the orbit that allows communications satellites to remain at fixed points in the sky). The second article describes the geometry of the geostationary orbit. The series includes notes on antennas, pointing angles, Clarke, Kepler, etc.

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