geostationary orbit
1Geostationary orbit — Geostationary orbit.To an observer on the rotating Earth (fixed point on the Earth), the satellite appears stationary in the sky. A red satellite is also geostationary above its own point on Earth. Top Down View …
2geostationary orbit — a circular orbit 35,785 km (22,236 miles) above Earth s (Earth) Equator in which a satellite s (satellite) orbital period is equal to Earth s rotation period of 23 hours and 56 minutes. A spacecraft in this orbit appears to an observer on… …
3geostationary orbit — noun a geosynchronous orbit that is fixed with respect to a position on the Earth • Hypernyms: ↑geosynchronous orbit * * * geostationary orbit, the orbit of a synchronous satellite; an orbit in which an artificial satellite moves at the same rate …
4Geostationary Orbit — A spaceship or satellite in orbit 35,900 kilometers above the equator with an orbital period of 24 hours. This orbit keeps the object over a specific Earth location at all times. This type of orbit is used most often with communication… …
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5geostationary orbit — an orbit path that keeps a satellite over the exact same point on the earth surface at all times …
6geostationary orbit — /dʒioʊˌsteɪʃənri ˈɔbət/ (say jeeoh.stayshuhnree awbuht) noun → synchronous equatorial orbit …
7Geostationary transfer orbit — A Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit or Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) is a Hohmann transfer orbit around the Earth between a low Earth orbit (LEO) and a geosynchronous orbit (GEO). It is an ellipse where the perigee is a point on a LEO and the… …
8Geostationary ring — The geostationary ring is a volume segment around the geostationary orbit defined by variations in altitude and declination that can occur for uncontrolled objects left in the geostationary orbit.The geostationary orbit is subject to orbit… …
9Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite — The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (or GOES) program is a key element in United States National Weather Service (NWS) operations. GOES weather imagery and quantitative sounding data are a continuous and reliable stream of… …
10geostationary — /jee oh stay sheuh ner ee/, adj. of or pertaining to a satellite traveling in an orbit 22,300 miles (35,900 km) above the earth s equator: at this altitude, the satellite s period of rotation, 24 hours, matches the earth s and the satellite… …
