A satellite that orbits the Earth during the same period of time in which the Earth rotates, maintaining a fixed orbit, about 24,000 miles above the Earth.
A satellite moving west to east whose orbital period is equal to the earthâ€(tm)s rotational period. If the orbit is circular and lies in the plane of the equator, the satellite will remain over one point. Otherwise it will appear to make a figure eight once a day between the latitudes that correspond to its angle of inclination over the equator. The constellation for GPS is geosynchronous.
a satellite that remains above the same point on the Earth
a satellite whose orbital speed equals the Earth's rotational speed
a satellite whose orbital speed equals the earths rotational speed
a satellite whose orbital speedequals the Earth's rotational speed
A satellite that orbits at the same speed as the earth and, therefore, stays in the same place in the sky.
A satellite in an equatorial or near-equatorial orbit that orbits with the same angular velocity as the earth, making one revolution in 24 hours. Note that a geosynchronous orbit is not necessarily also in a geostationary orbit. See geostationary satellite.
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 lies over the equator, it is called a geostationary satellite. The orbits of the satellites are known as the geosynchronous orbit and geostationary orbit.