Comment Comment by perihelions - "Satellites are packed as tightly as possible into that orbit due to its economic importance"Note that that's in the sense of angular separation, as viewed from the ground. They're physically hundreds of kilometers apart.edit: (Geostationary orbits are ~42,000 km from the Earth center-of-mass; each degree of angle is an arc of ~700 km). parent perihelions 2 years ago
Note that that's in the sense of angular separation, as viewed from the ground. They're physically hundreds of kilometers apart.
edit: (Geostationary orbits are ~42,000 km from the Earth center-of-mass; each degree of angle is an arc of ~700 km).