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Its stable orbit and velocity is exactly enough to keep up with Earth's rotation. From Earth's surface, looking up, a geosynchronous satellite would appear not to move; essentially keeping it overhead, and making it permanaently available to bounce communication / TV signals off.
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Moving from the earth outwards, only one orbital velocity will sustain stable orbit, at one particular radius.
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What type of satellite is used to monitor clouds cover and air temperature?
Meteroligical satellite
What names a communications object that circles Earth?
satellite
What is the definition of the word geo?
Geo is used mostly to mean earth. For example geography combines geo meaning earth and graph meaning picture making (crudely) the study of earth's pictures. Another example the word geosynchronous, geo again meaning earth, syn meaning same, chrono(s) meaning time forming the word that explains satellite's coupled movement with the earth.
What satellite feature is used to identify thunderstorms on satellite images?
overshooting top
What is differences between space satellite and earth satellite?
space satellites are in space and earth satellites are in earth.
What is a geo synchronus satellite?
A geosynchronous satellite is a satellite in geosynchronous orbit, with an orbital period the same as the Earth's rotation period.
How would you use geosynchronous in a sentence?
An example of a sentence using geosynchronous is "The geosynchronous satellite never moved in the sky."
What is a gps satellite's orbit type?
Geosynchronous
What is the full form of GSLV?
Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle
Full form of GSLV?
Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle
A satellite in a low earth orbit moving faster than a satellite in a geosynchronous orbit?
YES As height increases, speed of satellite decreases.
A satellite whose orbit is synchronized with the rotation of the earth?
That is called a geosynchronous orbit.
What is an orbit in which a satellite travels at the same speed as the Earth's rotation?
Geosynchronous orbit.
What is the same between a satellite and a space probe?
A satellite and space probe both orbit Earth (sometimes in geosynchronous orbits).
A typical signal strength received from a geosynchronous communication satellite is of the order of?
is in milli watts.
What is a geosynchronous orbit?
In a geosynchronous orbit, a satellite orbits Earth at the same rate as Earth rotates and thus stays over the same place on Earth all the time.
Would a satellite that relays television signals most likely be in Low Earth Obit or in Geosynchronous?
Most, if not all of them, are in geosynchronous orbit. If they weren't, the viewer would only be able to watch TV when the satellite was over that part of their hemisphere. (about 1/3 of the time)
