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HISTORY
1962 BELL LABS TELSTAR Low Earth Orbit
12 VOICE CHANNELS
Types of Orbits
ORBITAL ALTERNATIVES
LOW EARTH ORBITS LEOS ALTITUDE OF 450 1000Km SHORTER SIGNAL TIME DELAY LOWER TRANSMIT POWER LOWER LAUNCH COSTS MEDIUM EARTH ORBITS MEOS ALTITUDE OF 15,000Km
GEOSTATIONARY ORBITS
SATELLITE PERIOD IS 24 HOURS 35,767 Km ALTITUDE VELOCITY OF 11,200Kmph STATION KEEPING 0.1 BOX 3600Km2 NS MOVEMENT EVERY 24 HOURS EW MOVEMENT EVERY 30 DAYS COMMUNICATIONS, BROADCAST, DATA, WEATHER, SURVEILLANCE
X Band is reserved for Govt. & Military Satellites Frequencies are in GHz