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Communications satellite, an Uncommon card
A communications satellite is an artificial satellite that relays and amplifies radio telecommunication signals via a transponder, it creates a communication channel between a source transmitter and a receiver at different locations on Earth.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 77
- Power
- 154
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 83,000
Power 154 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Communications satellites are used for television, telephone, radio, internet, and military applications.
- Some communications satellites are in geostationary orbit 22,236 miles above the equator, so that the satellite appears stationary at the same point in the sky, therefore the satellite dish antennas of ground stations can be aimed permanently at that spot and do not have to move to track the satellite.
- However, most form satellite constellations in low Earth orbit, where ground antennas must track the satellites and switch between them frequently.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Communications satellite article was read about 83,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 77: each hit it takes is cut by 31 %.
How to get Communications satellite
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Communications satellite (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Flickr user ideonexus, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.






