Like distance from the Earth. And do some of them “sit” in one place, like always over North America?

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    8 months ago

    My buddy does orbital mechanics or whatever for Amazon currently, he explained to me that satellites have tracks which are paths at different elevations and directions to ensure they don’t hit each other. One time he fucked up and the company’s satellite entered another’s track. He was beside himself thinking he was going to be responsible for the destruction of multimillion dollar satellites. Luckily they never hit and life went on.