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To: bruin66

Isn’t the EIB Satellite in “Geosynchronous Orb”?


16 posted on 07/26/2010 7:54:35 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

I don’t think any commsats are geostationary. Station-keeping is too labor intensive, when it’s not required for operational effectiveness.


38 posted on 07/27/2010 7:57:25 AM PDT by bruin66 (Time: Nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once.)
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