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You also don't have to worry about things in geostationary orbit crashing into each other ;)



The things in geostationary orbit don't crash into each other, they just constitute a relatively high density of "stuff" all in one place that non-geostationary objects at the same altitude could hit every time they cross the equator.

The worst case would presumably be something large and heavy put into orbit around the equator at the same altitude and speed as geostationary orbit but going in the opposite direction.


A geostationary orbit is at an altitude of 35,786 km -- much, much higher than non-geosynchronous satellites need to be.




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