Echostar 11 Earth Camera?

[Smith P.]

If the meteor will hit other side of Earth ?

22 degree ? Actually there is precession of Earth ax.

 

[Turksat]

Wait a minute, is the shot above live from the satellite? Is the satellite that far out?! To be able to get a shot of the earth in its entirety, you would have to be pretty far out.

 

[Jim S.]

The satellite is over 22000 miles out. I think the earth is around 6000 miles wide.

And to answer the other person, yes, the angle of illumination will change with the seasons.

 

[birkoff]

Jim,
So your saying the terminator line will be vertical at some point during the
year? Maybe twice?

 

[SatPhreak]

If the terminator line means when it is half light and half dark equally in the north and south hemispheres, then yes it will occur twice a year. Spring equinox and fall equinox, since the sat is always above the equator and at the spring/fall equinoxes the sun is also above the equator, the dark/light line will go from north pole to south pole.