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Aerospace glossary

Geostationary orbit

Also called GEO, geostationary

A circular orbit 35,786 km above the equator in which a satellite circles once a day and appears fixed in the sky. Three satellites can cover most of the globe, but the distance adds ≈0.24 s of delay each way between two ground points.

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