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A habit of drifting out of orbit due to factors such as the earth's uneven gravity distribution. once a geostationary satellite reaches the end of its mission or has become redundant it can end up in a graveyard orbit this is located two to three hundred kilometers above its operational altitude. nonetheless the space junk that has accumulated over the decades remains a problem if our love is right why don't you. do you have a science question that you've always wanted answered it we're happy to help out send it to us as a video text over smell if we answer it on the show we'll send you a litt...

The stone. medium earth orbit or meo accommodate satellites a distances of two thousand to thirty five thousand kilometers from earth this region of space is frequented by navigation satellites. the next level at just under thirty six thousand kilometers is geostationary orbit satellites here follow the direction of the earth's rotation they're typically used for telecommunications including global television broadcasts each geostationary satellite is assigned to a buck's around a hundred kilometers wide the distance to the next box is around five hundred kilometers geostationary satellites ha...