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The available volume out at geostationary orbit absolutely dwarfs low earth orbit or the Earth's surface.
by readams 9y ago
The available volume out at geostationary orbit absolutely dwarfs low earth orbit or the Earth's surface.
- neuronexmachina 9y agoUnless I'm mistaken, isn't geostationary orbit essentially a single circle? So it technically has zero volume. Individual satellites are assigned constant locations in longitude. https://www.n2yo.com/satellites/?c=10 https://www.n2yo.com/satellites/?c=10
- tlrobinson 9y agoI think that's correct, but since they're stationary (relative to each other) perhaps they can be packed more densely without risk of collision?
- readams 9y agoGeostationary orbit is just really really far away.