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How much payload could the Falcon 9 send to geostationary orbit?
The delta-v that you need to get from GTO to Geostationary Orbit can be found with
$$\Delta V= \sqrt{V_\mathrm{t,a}^2+V_\mathrm{GEO}^2-2V_\mathrm{t,a}V_\mathrm{GEO}\mathrm{cos}(\Delta i)}$$
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How much payload could the Falcon 9 send to geostationary orbit?
First, the Encyclopedia Britannica is wrong.
According to SpaceX themselves, F9 puts 8300kg into GTO, not GEO.
The difference is that GTO (Geostationary Transfer Orbit) is the step that comes before ...
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