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Satellite Ground Systems Glossary
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Look Angle
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The azimuth and elevation angles at which a ground-station antenna must be pointed to establish a line-of-sight radio path to a given satellite.
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GEO
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Geostationary Earth Orbit; a circular equatorial orbit at approximately 35,786 km altitude where a satellite appears sta...
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geostationary orbit
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A circular Earth orbit at an altitude of approximately 35,786 km above the equator in which a satellite's orbital period...
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