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march9191 t1_ivoxki3 wrote

Reply to comment by lqkjsdfb in Uganda will now be printing 3D human tissue in space by Gari_305

All of that can be done by positioning over the country and continuously collecting geographical data.

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lqkjsdfb t1_ivozgjn wrote

This satellite is going to LEO not geosynchronous. It will orbit about once every 90 min and will not remain in place.

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march9191 t1_ivozrgz wrote

It doesn’t need to be continuous to function and GEO isn’t necessary for geological surveying in fact in most cases of satellite use LEO is better for data collection and transmission.

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