Comment by jnovacho
1 day ago
They mean the intersection between the cone produced by the satellite and "illuminated" surface. If the antenna beam is normal to the sphere, it will produce a disk which has an diameter.
1 day ago
They mean the intersection between the cone produced by the satellite and "illuminated" surface. If the antenna beam is normal to the sphere, it will produce a disk which has an diameter.
This, and 1/3 of earth’s surface is the maximum you can see from geostationary orbit.