December 22, 2022
NEW VIDEO: The Absurdity of Geosynchronous Orbits
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Patrick W. Gilmore · December 22, 2022
The one thing you did not mention was atmospheric drag. At 36,000 km, there is effectively zero pressure form earth's atmosphere. At 280 km, a satellite would need trusters or would not stay up for very long.
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Henry Reich · December 22, 2022
At first I thought this too (and almost mentioned it in the video). BUT if a geosynchronous orbit were at 280km, then anything farther out would not be able to be gravitationally bound to the planet, so the atmosphere would get "flung off" the earth above that height.