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No Part of India is Situated on the Equator. is It Possible to Have a Geostationary Satellite Which Always Remains Over New Delhi?

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No part of India is situated on the equator. Is it possible to have a geostationary satellite which always remains over New Delhi?

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उत्तर

No. All geostationary orbits are concentric with the equator of the Earth.

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