Satellites in geosynchronous orbit around the Earth have an orbital period equal

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Satellites in geosynchronous orbit around the Earth have an orbital period equal to the Earth's rotation period, about 24 hours. Such an orbit is about 40,000 km above Earth's surface. A radio signal which goes from one point on Earth up to the satellite and is then retransmitted down from the satellite to another point on Earth, each up-or-down transmission traveling 40,000 km, and the signals all traveling at the speed of light.
When two people talk on a telephone, usually they wait to hear the end of each others' sentences before talking themselves (aside from soft and generally inarticulate syllables made as the other isspeaking, indicating that one is listening). How long does the

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S = 2 * 4 * 10E4 km = 8 * 10E7 m     total distance signal travels
t = S / c = 8 * 10E7 / 3 * 10E8 = .27 sec

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