Technology and the Internet
Communications satellites in geostationary orbit are designed to have a high orbit of 35,800 kilometers.34 If the mean apogee is greater than 35,800 km, there is a danger that the satellite will temporarily lose contact with ground antennas. A random sample of geostationary satellites was obtained and the apogee for each was recorded.35 Assume σ = 315.
a. Is there any evidence to suggest that the true mean apogee for communication satellites is greater than 35,800 km? Use a = 0.05 and compute the p value to draw a conclusion.
b. Carefully sketch a graph to illustrate the p value in this hypothesis test.