3 ms·
For reference, round trip time to geostationary orbit is 240 ms. But that is 36 thousand km. Compare that to the ISS which orbits less than 500 km up, so the ro
by echo-oddly 8y ago
For reference, round trip time to geostationary orbit is 240 ms. But that is 36 thousand km. Compare that to the ISS which orbits less than 500 km up, so the round trip time is less than 1.25 ms.
- empthought 8y agoNo communications satellites orbit at such low altitude, though.