What we need is a really tall tower here on the ground right at the equator and a satellite in geostationary orbit.

我们需要的是一个在赤道处地面上的非常高的塔，以及沿地球静止轨道绕地运转的卫星。

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Once you are in this geostationary orbit right over the tower, just lower your carbon nanotube cable down from the satellite, tether it to the tower here on Earth.

一旦你来到这个塔旁的地球静止轨道，只需把碳纳米管电缆从卫星上放低然后将其系在位于地球的塔端。

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Oil smoothes the water surface, making it a better mirror: more sunlight is reflected back to the observer (the satellite) at the same angle as the incoming sunlight (right).

油污使水面变得平滑，让它更接近于一面镜子：更多的入射日光被反射回处于同一角度的观测器（卫星）。

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And for broadcasters trying to get their programmes to viewers, being carried by the right satellite is everything.

ECONOMIST: Satellites

MRS. OBAMA: Okay, I'm going to look on the satellite tracker right now, and -- oh, Liam, you know what I see?

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

EchoStar says it opposed the rule on principle, on behalf of consumers' presumed First Amendment right to watch any satellite channel they choose, even if it did not originate locally.

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