Jerb322@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 7 months agoDo satellites have different levels for direction they are traveling?message-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up131arrow-down1message-squareDo satellites have different levels for direction they are traveling?Jerb322@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square14fedilinkfile-text
Like distance from the Earth. And do some of them “sit” in one place, like always over North America?
minus-squareCinner@lemmy.worldBlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 months agoThat’s crazy. TIL about geostationary satellites. I didn’t think a satellite could ‘stay still’ in space above an area and have wrongly told people it’s not possible. I have some comment edits to make.
That’s crazy. TIL about geostationary satellites. I didn’t think a satellite could ‘stay still’ in space above an area and have wrongly told people it’s not possible. I have some comment edits to make.