Question

Different countries establish different communication satellites in the orbits for their communication system. Are these orbits different? Explain.

Answer 1

The time period of each geo-stationary satellite revolving the Earth is 24 hrs and the height of this orbit from the surface of Earth is 3600 km. Therefore each country requires its own geo-stationary satellite for its communication system. Thus it is clear that the communication satellites of each country are in the’ same orbit but in different situations.