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Why is a satellite in Geostationary orbit convenient for ground-space-ground relay procedures?
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Since the satellite appears fixed in the sky, antennas can also stay in a fixed
position to communicate with it, and don't need to be continuously guided.
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What type of satellite orbits the earth at 22300 miles above the earth?
Geostationary
What devices need satellites in geostationary orbits?
Satellite terminals with fixed antennas, such as the TV dish on the garage or the corner of the house.
Why don't launch geostationary satellite for GPS?
Because they can't provide worldwide coverage. To cover near-polar areas, inclined orbits are necessaries. Since the geostationary orbit must lay on the equatorial plane, it doesn't suit to fit GPS requirements.
Is international space station closer to Earth than the weather satellites and GPS satellites in miles?
It depends on which satellite you are talking about. However YES, it is closer than any geostationary weather satellite and it is closer than any GPS satellites.
Why do satallites have to stay in the equotorial plane?
Staying at the "same point" (i.e., above the same location on Earth) is onlyimportant for a Geosynchronous satellite, which must occupy a very high orbit.Most satellites (and the International Space Station) are in lower orbits, whichmeans they orbit the Earth faster than it rotates, so they don't stay in thesame place.===================================Answer #1:Now to deal with the question . . .If the satellite is going to be used by non-technical people with little 'dishes'on the corner of their house or garage, it's important that they not need tomove their dish to follow the satellite across the sky. If people couldn't "setit and forget it", there would be no Dish network or Direct TV or any of theothers, because very few customers would be willing to do what it takes tokeep their dish tracking the satellite. Sure it could be automated, with amotorized mechanism that constantly steers the dish to follow the satellite.But that would cost 20 times what those dinky dishes cost now, and again,the operators would not "have a business". The only way that this wholescheme of satellite-direct-to-the-home can work is to make the satellitemotionless in the sky. The installer comes to your house, mounts the dish,'finds' the satellite, points the dish in that direction, and locks it permanentlyin that position. That's the only way the business model can work.
Which satellite used for telecommunication?
Geostationary satellite
First Indian satellite in geostationary satellite was?
Aryabhatta
Why doesnt a geostationary satellite trace a path over the surface of the earth?
A geostationary satellite does not trace a path over the surface of the earth because that is what geostationary means - the satellite is stationary over a point on the Earth.
A satellite communication system why is the geostationary orbit preferred?
A geostationary orbit will keep the satellite in one area relative to the surface
How far above the earth is geostationary orbit?
Geostationary satellites are in an orbit that's 22,282 mi (35,786 km) above the surface of the Earth. For more on Geostationary satellite orbits, visit http://www.idirect.net/Company/Satellite-Basics/How-Satellite-Works.aspx
How does a geostationary satellite work?
they fly in air
Does a satellite in a geostationary orbit move across the sky from east to west?
No. A geostationary satellite appears to be stationary in the sky, which means not moving. This is a big part of the reason why it is referred to as a geo'stationary' satellite.
A geostationary satellite appears standstill to a viewer on the equator of earth?
A geostationary satellite appears to stand still to a viewer anywhere on the earth, not just on the equator.
Why perfect geostationary satellite can not be made?
It should be possible to have the perfectly geostationary satellites. But it is not possible. Perfectly geostationary satellite can not be made. Such satellite is pulled away by other objects like moon, sun and other planets from different directions. This force changes the velocity of the satellites.
Which is the first geostationary satellite of India?
Aryabhata in 1975
Which is the height of a geostationary satellite from the surface is approximately?
15000km
What is the rotation period of geostationary satellite?
24 hours
