Sunday, January 1, 2012

Satellite geostationary orbit?

You're right about the geosynchronous orbit radius. You are also right in saying that a geosynchronous satellite must orbit in the equatorial plane and therefore can't ever be directly above Canberra. Although the effect of the satellite's m on the orbital period isn't QUITE zero, it is so tiny as to be negligible, so you really don't need that information.

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