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Find the minimum colatitude which can directly receive a signal from a geostationary satellite.

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The farthest point on earth, which can receive signals from the parking orbit is the point where a length is drawn on earth surface from satellite as shown in figure. The colatitude λ of point P can be obtained from figure as

We known for a parking orbit h = 6Re

Thus we have

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