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by r3dey3
2334 days ago
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I was really confused about eclipse season, as I thought the satellites were in the earth's shadow every day.. But that's not the case; due to how high they are, they usually always get sun, except for a few months in the spring and fall where the earths axis of rotation is not pointing towards/away from the sun. That few months is the eclipse season; and the eclipses happen once/day for a max of 72 minutes - which is where the batteries are needed. http://www.intelsat.com/tools-resources/library/satellite-10... |
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