Timeline for Are multiple geostationary satellites required to handle arbitrary locations?
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| Aug 10, 2014 at 15:59 | comment | added | LDC3 | If both locations can be seen at the same time, then only one satellite is needed. If not, then you will need 2 satellites. | |
| Aug 10, 2014 at 15:56 | comment | added | Raj | "Any geostationary satellite can be placed so that a designated city is always in line of sight". So, I can do weather forecasting for Egypt or even Greenland using a single geostationary satellite? Consider that the az angle would be very tilted, and the distance would be too much. Way more than the ~35,000 km that it normally is. | |
| Aug 10, 2014 at 14:46 | history | answered | LDC3 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |