The Iridium and Globalstar are the twp satellite constellations the aimed to furnish satellite phone services to the remote areas. The satellites orbiting in the low earth orbit are less expensive to launch when compared with the satellites in the geostationary orbit. ![]() Low earth orbit: A low earth orbit is a type of a circular orbit about 200 meters above the surface of the earth and it corresponds a time period of about 90 minutes to revolve around the earth.The foremost geostationary satellite was the Syncom3 and it was launched on 19 th of August and in the year of 1964. The geostationary satellite is useful in exchanging the information because the antenna on the ground can be intended at the satellite without tracking the motion of the satellite. ![]()
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