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Imagine you're standing in a flat field, facing the satellite. Degrees from the horizon is how far you would have to bend your neck to be looking straight at th
by gpm 6y ago
Imagine you're standing in a flat field, facing the satellite. Degrees from the horizon is how far you would have to bend your neck to be looking straight at the satellite.
FCC filings suggest 25 is the absolute minimum for service, the final constellation is likely to use somewhere in 40-60 as the actual limit.
I've received this question a few times now, anyone have a better name? Or maybe I should just add a ? button with a diagram?
- cartooncutout 6y agothanks for the elaboration.. maybe just add this explanation as a tooltip on hover or something similar?
- tialaramex 6y agoI'm guessing based on my own experience that it's obvious if you understand why that would matter. So the diagram may be the best option, maybe with a Wikipedia link if there's an appropriate one?
- toomuchtodo 6y agoYou might link to the graphic on this page as a quick reference. Should be public domain as a government work if you want to host it. https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/message_example.cfm https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/message_example.cfm https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/images/astro_horizon.png https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/images/astro_horizon.png
- samcheng 6y agoA common term is zenith angle, although that's the complement of the angle you're describing.