Indeed, some experts envision a day when only three powerful geostationary supersatellites, spaced equal distances apart, will handle almost all the world's telecommunications.
The Long March 3 was only capable of placing an 870-pound payload into geostationary transfer orbit.
The normal configuration of our weather satellites is two geostationary satellites and two polar-orbiting satellites.
SpaceX will launch Turkmenistan satellite for Thales Alenia Space Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) was awarded a contract with Thales Alenia Space to launch Turkmenistan NSSC to geostationary transfer orbit in late-2014 or early 2015 aboard a Falcon 9 rocket.
June 21, 2013 - SpaceRef