geosynchronous

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• Using its maneuvering engines and Hall thrusters, the satellite finally arrived in geosynchronous orbit in late October last year; fourteen months after launch, and almost a year behind schedule.

  Blog text (5)

• We are 22,000 miles away in geosynchronous orbit.

  Fiction book (2000)

• The launch vehicle is ready for its most direct route to geosynchronous orbit.

  Aloha (2015)

• Consider a satellite in geosynchronous orbit.

  Blog text (1)

• For a signal from a clock in a geosynchronous satellite to a ground station, the discrepancy can exceed 210 nanoseconds.

  Academic text (1996)

• The receiver satellite above is one of a network positioned in geosynchronous orbit, meaning it drifts through space at a speed and on a course that keeps it always above the same spot on the Earth.

  Fiction book (1994)

• The satellite is being designed to remain in geosynchronous orbit 22,000 miles above Earth for at least five years, providing a constant stream of data about the complex magnetic fields generated in the solar interior.

  Academic text (2002)

• A radio telescope in a geosynchronous or elliptical orbit would extend the baseline to 36,000 kilometers, for a resolution of 0.08 milliarcseconds at a wavelength of 1.3 centimeters.

  Academic text (1996)

• The weather satellite operates in a geosynchronous orbit, allowing it to provide consistent data for forecasts each day.

• Many communication satellites are designed to maintain a geosynchronous position above the Earth to ensure reliable service.

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geosynchronous orbit

• Specialized

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A path around Earth where a satellite goes once every 24 hours and stays above the same place each day

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