Is An "Atmospheric Geostationary Satellite" Feasible With Current Technology?

How Can I Tell If a Particular Satellite is Geostationary From a Set of Two Line Elements?

  • Given a Set of two line elements, how can i tell if a particular satellite is geostationary? Thank you.

  • Answer:

    Look a the value for Mean Motion [Revs per day] in the second line. If it is 1, you have a geosynchronous satellite. If you then also have low Eccentricity and about zero inclination (all in the second line), it is geostationary. The second line should read about like that (* = value that is not needed for geostationary) * ***** 00.0000 ***.**** 0000000 ***.**** ***.**** 01.00000000 ***** * The values don't need to be exactly like that, but should be pretty close.

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