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		ksherlock 66 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple Maps claims it's 29,905 miles away As one of the commenters pointed out, altitude. A geostationary orbit is ~26,000 miles. Dollars to donuts, that's where it is.

dmcq2 66 days ago [–]

If you account for the satellite being further away because it would be above the point the distance works out okay - except that geostationary satellites go around the equator and that is a thousand miles away from that.

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