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Geosynchronous Earth-Orbiting

Group of Earth Observations

Group on Earth Observations

Earth, Geography: Geospatial

Geosynchronous Earth Orbit

Geostationary Orbit. Also abbreviated GO.

Prefix referring to the Earth.

Geo synchronous Satellite. Satellite located at 22,282 miles above the equator that appears to be stationary from a fixed point on the earth. Round-trip time from the earth to the satellite and back is approximately 0.25 seconds. Typical frequency bands are C-Band (4-6 Ghz) and Ku-Band (12-14 Ghz).

Geo-stationary Earth Orbit. At an altitude of 36,000 km it takes a satellite 24 hours to orbit the Earth. If the orbit is above the equator the satellite will orbit at the same speed as the Earth turns. This means that it will stay above the same point on the Earthâ€(tm)s surface.

Geostationary Earth Orbit

Geostationary orbit satellites, which are in orbit 22,300 miles from the earth. The satellite orbits the earth in perfect synchronization, so that it remains stationary in space with respect to a ground terminal. GEO satellites have a round-trip delay of a quarter of a second. Users on a videoconference call, for example, can expect a quarter-second delay plus any processing time when conferencing over a GEO link.

Geostationary Orbit; altitude 35,786 km, 0? inclination, period 23.934 h

A circular orbit with a 24-hour orbital period approximately 22,300 miles (36,000 kilometers) above the earth's equator. Because satellites in this orbit appear stationary relative to the earth's surface, GEO is especially useful for communications satellites transmitting to fixed earth stations.