geosynchronous satellite


Geosynchronous satellite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A geosynchronous satellite is a satellite whose orbital track on the Earth repeats regularly over points on the Earth over time. If such a satellite's orbit ...
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Geosynchronous Orbit

A satellite in geosynchronous orbit circles the earth once each day. The time it takes for a satellite to orbit the earth is called its period. ...
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Geosynchronous Satellites

Satellite (GIF, 3K) From Earth, a satellite in geosynchronous orbit appears to "hover" over one spot on the Equator. That means a receiving dish on the ...
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Geosynchronous Satellite by Arthur C. Clarke from V2 for ...

Geosynchronous Satellite by Arthur C. Clarke: A satellite that appears to.
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Geosynchronous Satellite Comments and Reviews

Geosynchronous Satellite. A satellite that appears to "hover" over one spot on the earth's surface; it goes around the earth in twenty-four hours. ...
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geosynchronous satellite: Definition and Much More From Answers.com

geosynchronous satellite ( ′jēō¦siŋkrənəs ′sadəl′īt ) ( aerospace engineering ) An earth satellite that makes one revolution in one sidereal.
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Satellite Chronology

The first major geosynchronous satellite project was the Defense Department's ADVENT communications satellite. It was three-axis stabilized rather than ...
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Satellite Orbits

A geostationary (GEO=geosynchronous) orbit is one in which the satellite is always in the same position with respect to the rotating Earth. ...
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Satellite Communications

It seems that Advent was supposed to have been the first geosynchronous satellite. When I first heard this, I didn't have a clue as to what geosynchronous ...
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CelesTrak: "Basics of the Geostationary Orbit"

The geostationary satellite (GSO) sits fixed at the crossover point of the figure eight (over the equator). If we now give the geosynchronous satellite an ...
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