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BAAO — 2019 Astronomy & Astrophysics Challenge
Question 9
There are approximately 450 geostationary satellites currently in orbit. They have an orbital period of 1 day and orbit in the plane of the equator, so are therefore always directly above the same spot. Assuming circular orbits and an equidistant arrangement, what is the distance between two geostationary satellites?
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Source: British Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad (BAAO), Astronomy & Astrophysics Challenge 2019. Question text, answer-choice text, and answer were transcribed from the official BAAO paper and solutions PDFs; the explanation and metadata are original.