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Where is the best place to put a satellite? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice break down LEO, MEO, and GEO, how they work, and what’s going on up there.

Timestamps:
00:00 – Introduction: Earth Orbits
1:06 – Isaac Newton Discovering Orbits
2:25 – Low Earth Orbit
4:37 – Geosynchronous Orbit
7:23 – Medium Earth Orbit
9:46 – Satellites for Communication

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