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About a radius of 1589 miles or 22.9 degrees. Arc length along Earth's surface = R * acos(R/(R+h)) Where R is the Earth's radius, and h is the height above th
by gmiller123456 5y ago
About a radius of 1589 miles or 22.9 degrees.
Arc length along Earth's surface =
R * acos(R/(R+h))
Where R is the Earth's radius, and h is the height above the surface.
https://www.celestialprogramming.com/horizondistance.html https://www.celestialprogramming.com/horizondistance.html
- frankfrankfrank 5y agoIs anyone aware of a list of when ground stations went online or a scheduled for future ground stations going online? I'm curious because a review of starlink that I don't think was all that dated, did some testing from a rural middle American ranch where they were unable to get a connection, supposedly due to the satellite being unable to connect to reach a ground station. The surface level reach of the satellites should have not been an issue though based on my calculations unless some base stations cam online since the testing done as part of the review I watched.
- mlindner 5y agoThat wasn't what they asked. They asked for beam footprint, not viewing angle of the satellite.
- gmiller123456 5y agoThe footprint is what that calculates.