Geostationary orbit
Код 2528539
- ISBN: 978-5-5126-4467-6
Код 2528539
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A geostationary orbit (or Geostationary Earth Orbit - GEO) is a geosynchronous orbit directly above the Earth`s equator (0° latitude), with a period equal to the Earth`s rotational period and an orbital eccentricity of approximately zero. An object in a geostationary orbit appears motionless, at a fixed position in the sky, to ground observers. Communications satellites and weather satellites are often given geostationary orbits, so that the satellite...
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