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jnovacho | 4 months ago

They mean the intersection between the cone produced by the satellite and "illuminated" surface. If the antenna beam is normal to the sphere, it will produce a disk which has an diameter.

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slow_typist|4 months ago

This, and 1/3 of earth’s surface is the maximum you can see from geostationary orbit.