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by Dylan16807 1021 days ago
Three geostationary satellites should do fine for the number of data consumers on Mars.
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midasuni 1020 days ago
Except for anything at the pole.

But the problem remains the link from Mars to earth, not from the surface to orbit.

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sam_bristow 1020 days ago
s/geostationary/areostationary
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Dylan16807 1019 days ago
Nah I don't want to. "Geo" is used generically often enough and I'd rather use a generic term than a mars-specific term.
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