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Can't get past 53°E
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<blockquote data-quote="Huevos" data-source="post: 653607" data-attributes="member: 301161"><p>Latitude has a bearing on how far the motor needs to turn. This is because it tells how far offset from the earth's axis you are. For example it you were at the north pole you are right at the axis around which the geostationary orbit is positioned so to go from 0ºE to 30ºE you just turn the motor 30º. Simple as that (although the satellites are below the horizon viewed from the poles). If you were at the equator on the other hand you are offset from the orbital centre by almost 6,400 kilometres (because you are at the earth's surface, not its core) and because of this if you want to go from 0ºE to 30ºE the motor needs to turn 35º.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Huevos, post: 653607, member: 301161"] Latitude has a bearing on how far the motor needs to turn. This is because it tells how far offset from the earth's axis you are. For example it you were at the north pole you are right at the axis around which the geostationary orbit is positioned so to go from 0ºE to 30ºE you just turn the motor 30º. Simple as that (although the satellites are below the horizon viewed from the poles). If you were at the equator on the other hand you are offset from the orbital centre by almost 6,400 kilometres (because you are at the earth's surface, not its core) and because of this if you want to go from 0ºE to 30ºE the motor needs to turn 35º. [/QUOTE]
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