Really! The orbit of a satellite is not perfectly stable because of the effects of the solar wind, the gravitational lumpiness of the earth, etc. IIRC the slo

Really! The orbit of a satellite is not perfectly stable because of the effects of the solar wind, the gravitational lumpiness of the earth, etc. IIRC the slot for a satellite is about 300 mi. wide. There are preferred slots such as over Europe or the east coast of the US with lots of countries contending for them, and slots allocated to countries that don't yet have satellites. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geosynchronous_orbit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geosynchronous_orbit