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How to Locate TV Satellites

There are more than 2,000 satellites circling the earth, some working, some not. TV satellites orbit the earth in a geostationary orbit; the satellite is always positioned over the equator, moving at the same rate as the earth, and therefore appears to be stationary when viewed from earth. TV satellites orbit more than 22,000 miles above the earth. With the Internet, you can locate TV satellites and find out over which part of the world they orbit.

Instructions

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  Get on the Internet and point your Internet browser to n2yo.com.
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  Click on "Geostationary" under the Popular Categories heading toward the top of the page.
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  Click on ̶0;Satellites by category," also located at the top of the page.
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  Scroll to the bottom of the chart and click on "TV." A new page will open with a list of TV satellites.
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  Find the name of the TV satellite you want to locate and click on it. A new page will open, listing information about the satellite.
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  Click on "Track it now!" located at the top of the page, under the name of the satellite, after the heading Single Tracking. A new page will appear. In a few seconds, the map will scroll to an icon of your satellite. This icon represents the satellite you want to locate and shows you its "home" in outer space: over which continent and country it orbits.

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