geostationary orbit

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   a geosynchronous orbit that is fixed with respect to a position on the Earth

   Broadergeosynchronous orbit

Questions about geostationary orbit

What does geostationary orbit mean?

geostationary orbit means "a geosynchronous orbit that is fixed with respect to a position on the Earth".

Is geostationary orbit a common word?

geostationary orbit is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.