Space Rocket History #38 – Syncom 1,2,3, and TIROS 8
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English - January 05, 2018 20:51 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 123 ratingsScience History Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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…