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Old November 9th 18, 01:57 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
Chris L Peterson
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Default Geostationary satellites

On Thu, 8 Nov 2018 19:43:32 -0800 (PST), Quadibloc
wrote:

On Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at 8:05:54 AM UTC-7, Chris L Peterson wrote:

All geostationary satellites are at the same latitude: 0°. That is,
directly above the equator.


There are geosynchronous satellites with inclined orbits and a figure-eight ground
track. A constellation of such satellites could possibly provide communications
service to arctic or antarctic communities.


Right. But he was talking about geostationary satellites- a special
case of geosynchronous satellites that are necessarily at an
inclination of zero.