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rktjmp
on July 11, 2015
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Japan’s New Satellite Captures an Image of Earth E...
Why does
geostationary
orbit infer low resolution? Or do you mean "from orbit" in general?
ShardPhoenix
on July 11, 2015
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Geostationary satellites orbit much further away (~35,786 km) from Earth than non-stationary satellites (~2000 km).
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