How many satellites can be placed in geostationary orbit?
September 22, 2020 | Education
| Let’s make the question more specific: what is the minimum distance in geostationary orbit between artificial satellites? The position of satellites in the geostationary orbit by active methods can be maintained in longitude with an accuracy of no more than 0.1 °, which corresponds to a distance in this orbit of about 150 km. The accepted distance in practice is 200 km. It makes no sense to count the number of satellites in a geostationary orbit, since not all parts of the orbit are actively used.
