A ground station is operating to a geostationary satellite at a 5° angle of elevation. Calculate
the round-trip time between ground station and satellite.
A. 275 s
B. 275 ms
C. 137.5 s
D. 137.5 ms

1 Answer

Answer :

B. 275 ms

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