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Space Rocket History #38 – Syncom 1,2,3, and TIROS 8

Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:18:39
Publish Date: 2018-01-05 20:51:53
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Geosynchronous satellites have the advantage of remaining permanently in the same area of the sky, as viewed from a particular location on Earth. Geostationary satellites have the special property of remaining permanently fixed in the exact same position in the sky at all times, meaning that ground-based antennas do not need to track them but can remain fixed in one direction…

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