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Introduction

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Telecommunication by means of satellites is by now a well-known application of space technology. Of the many orbits available for communication satellites, the 24-hr geostationary (equatorial, circular-synchronous) satellite offers a unique Earth-relative geometry and kinematics, thereby providing both economic and operational advantages for global communications. As shown in Figure 1.1, three geostationary satellites can give almost complete Earth coverage and hence, continuous world wide communication service. Of course, redundant units would be needed for a complete system in order to allow for communication outages.

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Zee, CH. (1989). Introduction. In: Theory of Geostationary Satellites. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2573-1_1

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