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wow, I didn't realize we had satellites up that high.

• sp332 10y ago
  It's actually orbiting the Earth and the Sun at the same angular rate. It will make one orbit around the Earth per year. Normally, things that have smaller orbits around the Sun move faster than the Earth. But if you start the satellite's orbit near the Earth, the Earth's gravity will pull it back and slow it down a bit. If you're very careful, you can get them to balance out so the satellite orbits the Sun in one year instead of going faster.