GK Question

technology medium true_false

Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellations provide lower latency than geostationary satellites for internet services.

  1. True
  2. False

Answer: True

LEO satellites (~500-2000 km altitude) have lower propagation delay (~20-50ms) vs GEO (~35,786 km, ~250ms latency). Critical for real-time applications: video calls, gaming, financial trading.

Topic Satellite Internet
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