Geosynchronous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, relating to, or being an orbit that has a period of one sidereal day.
  • adj. Geostationary.
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  • adj. 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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  • adj. 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)
    • Equivalent
    fixed   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    geostationary    low-orbit    early-warning    micrometeoroid    planets'   
     
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