Thanks for replies, I think I see how each (directional at least) FE model 'satellite' works now:
Equatorial (or any related to latitude) = flying in circles above FE.
Geostationary = 'not moving' at all in relation to Earth = just a balloon sitting there above FE.
Polar (or any related to longitude) = flying in highly eccentric (like a stretched rubber band) orbits above FE.
So, there are a lot of replies relating to the middle one, geostationary; however my main question remains relatively unaddressed; why is there emphasis that Polar is the odd man out? On a globe, both latitude and longitudinal orbits should have similar 360 degree motion, just in intersecting direction. I still don't see why, I mean I even did some more research, and I was wrong; there are indeed both arctic and antarctic bases, such as the remnants of the old
DEW Line and the notorious 'only entrance' to Antarctica. Even John Oliver lampshaded this in one of his videos (the 'don't come to AA' one).
Anyway sorry if I'm drifting off topic, just anything related to Antarctica has fascinated me for years since before I got interested in FE; now I just have a new context from which to be interested in - that's why there was such a fuss about the
BKS initially, even then Polar Orbits were considered implausible, for reasons I've never quite been able to comprehend.
If you research further you will learn why the vast majority of pictures of Earth were composites. Changed somewhat recently with DSCOVR and Himawari-8.
RE: composite pics conspiracy: I am somewhat familiar with this (quite compelling) argument (especially when NASA openly admits to it). Why is there no footage of any rocket launches into space? Not even SpaceX tried this, though the publicized it 'returning'. Understandably there isn't much footage from say, battleships, ACC, or submarines either, but still. It's well beyond the point of a national security concern now, if it
isn't a conspiracy, and there's nothing to hide by declassifying the space race.
The Iridium satellites are used for satellite phone services and a satellite hands the service over to another Iridium satellite when before it goes out of range.
GPS satellite each orbit the earth twice a day and have an inclination of 55° and so do not cover polar regions well.
RE: Iridium satellites: they claim to have plenty of spare IS's up there as well, as many as 5 per group; also the wiki states that the very first ever satellite collision was of this class; which reminds me of another (more recent) point, about
the recent Chinese attack on their own 'satellite' - if satellites are real, I guess NASA now will have to update all the known
space debris? That sounds like a lot of work, and should cause a lot of problems for say, as you mention, the Iridium network - it's been over a month since this 'supposed attack', but none of the networks have gone down? I assume it was at a different altitude and orbital path, but debris is relatively uncontrolled in an explosion? Also, explosions in space?
I forgot space travel was a conspiracy in FE model, but is there any speculation about what is 'beneath' the FE?