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Old 26th Mar 2021, 14:56
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Originally Posted by Hokulea
Thanks, for that, wiggy.




One other thing to consider is that I suspect most people think that a satellite in geostationary orbit is stationary relative to someone on Earth. They aren't. Although they generally stay within a belt and close to where they should be, they actually do all sorts of loops and strange shapes while staying close to their supposed position from an Earth-observer's perspective.
You'l know a lot or all of this, for those that don't..

https://celestrak.com/columns/v04n07/
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