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To: cyberslam who wrote (25246)7/26/2005 12:09:14 PM
From: Bucky Katt  Read Replies (1) of 48462
 
Today is an anniv of the first geosynchronous satellite, Syncom 2, launched this date 1963...
Syncom 1 didn't make it..
nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov

The idea of a geosynchronous satellite for communication purposes was first published in 1928 by Herman Potocnik. Geosynchronous and geostationary orbits were first popularised by science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke in 1945 as useful orbits for communications satellites. As a result they are sometimes referred to as Clarke orbits. Similarly, the "Clarke Belt" is the part of space approximately 35,786 km above mean sea level in the plane of the equator where near-geostationary orbits may be achieved.
Think of life without them...
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