Geosynchronous

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  • adjective. Of, relating to, or being an orbit that has a period of one sidereal day.
  • adjective. Geostationary.
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  • adjective. Refers to the orbit of a satellite whose rate of revolution is matched to the rotation period of the Earth. A special case is the geostationary orbit which is is circular and equatorial, so that the satellite appears to be fixed over a particular point on Earth's sky.
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  • adjective. of or having an orbit with a fixed period of 24 hours (although the position in the orbit may not be fixed with respect to the earth)
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    "-- Technology development should give top priority to a demonstration solar power satellite in geosynchronous orbit;"
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