synchronous orbit
31Areostationary orbit — An areostationary orbit (abbreviated ASO) is a circular areo shy;synchronous orbit in the Martian equatorial plane about 17,000 km (10,600 miles) above the surface, any point on which revolves about Mars in the same direction and with the same… …
32Subsynchronous orbit — A subsynchronous orbit refers to the orbit of a satellite that is nearer the planet than it would be if it were in synchronous orbit, i.e. the orbital period is less than the sidereal day of the planet. An Earth satellite that is in (a prograde)… …
33subsynchronous orbit — noun The orbit of a satellite that is nearer the planet than it would be if it were in synchronous orbit …
34orbit, synchronous satellite — The path followed by a communications satellite that is at such a distance above the earth (about 35,880 km) that the satellite keeps pace with the earth s rotation and thus hovers above a particular point on the earth …
35Low Earth orbit — An orbiting cannon ball showing various sub orbital and orbital possibilities …
36Geostationary 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 …
37Molniya orbit — For other uses, see Molniya (disambiguation). Figure 1: The Molniya orbit. Usually the period from perigee + 2 hours to perigee + 10 hours is used to transmit to the northern hemisphere Molniya orbit is a type of highly elliptical orbit with an… …
38Elliptic orbit — A small body in space orbits a large one (like a planet around the sun) along an elliptical path, with the large body being located at one of the ellipse foci …
39Circular orbit — For other meanings of the term orbit , see orbit (disambiguation) A circular orbit is the orbit at a fixed distance around any point by an object rotating around a fixed axis. Below we consider a circular orbit in astrodynamics or celestial… …
40Medium Earth orbit — MEO redirects here. For other uses, see MEO (disambiguation). Comparison of GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and Compass (medium earth orbit) satellite navigation system orbits with the International Space Station, Hubble Space Telescope and Iridium… …
