[44093] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: NY ranks #1 in Internet b/w
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brett Frankenberger)
Sun Nov 4 11:27:34 2001
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To: iljitsch@muada.com (Iljitsch van Beijnum)
Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 09:33:06 -0600 (CST)
From: "Brett Frankenberger" <rbf@rbfnet.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20011104162252.B75854-100000@sequoia.muada.com> from "Iljitsch van Beijnum" at Nov 04, 2001 04:42:34 PM
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> Well, actually there is a caveat: the distance to the satellite is never
> exactly 22500 miles. Depending on whether the orbit is measured from the
> surface of the earth (which is obviously the case for regular
> non-geosynchronous satellites) or the center of the earth (which I think
> is done with the 22500 mi figure) the satellite is either farther away or
> closer, depending on the location of the observer and the orbit of the
> satellite. The difference is substantial: up to 4000 miles.
geosynchronous orbit is 22500 miles from the *surface* of the earth.
-- Brett
