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Why Geostationary Satellites Cannot Serve the Poles
The answer is because at high (or low) latitudes the satellite is on the hozizon.
This is because the earth is of course round, so seeing the satellite from the ground based satellite dish, lowers as you get further away from the equator.
Therefore you eventually get so far from the equator, that the satellite is on the horizon, or below the horizon.
Therefore the dish doesnt have a direct line of site path to the satellite.
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