A geosynchronous satellite is a satellite in geosynchronous orbit, with an orbital period the same as the Earth's rotation period. Such a satellite returns...
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This is a list of satellites in geosynchronous orbit (GSO). These satellites are commonly used for communication purposes, such as radio and television...
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which is a circular geosynchronous orbit in Earth's equatorial plane with both inclination and eccentricity equal to 0. A satellite in a geostationary...
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Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) is a class of expendable launch systems operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). GSLV...
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Geostationary orbit (redirect from Geosynchronous equatorial satellite)
geostationary orbit, also referred to as a geosynchronous equatorial orbit (GEO), is a circular geosynchronous orbit 35,786 km (22,236 mi) in altitude above...
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orbits (GEO), 10 in 55° inclined geosynchronous orbits (IGSO) and 27 in Medium Earth orbits (MEO). Furthermore, 8 satellites (4 in Medium Earth orbit, 2 in...
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LVM3 (redirect from Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III)
The Launch Vehicle Mark-3 or LVM3 (previously referred as the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III or GSLV Mk III) is a three-stage medium-lift...
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launch pads used for launching sounding rockets, polar satellites and geosynchronous satellites. India's Lunar exploration probes Chandrayaan-1, Chandrayaan-2...
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ISRO (section Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle)
hundreds of Indian and foreign satellites into orbit. Decade-wise summary of PSLV launches: Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle was envisaged in...
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(22,000 mi) above Earth's surface. The remaining four satellites are in inclined geosynchronous orbit (GSO). Two of them cross the equator at 55° E and...
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Analemma (section Of geosynchronous satellites)
are used for radio communication with geosynchronous satellites often have to move so as to follow the satellite's daily movement around its analemma. The...
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applicable only for Geostationary and Geosynchronous satellites. India had three continuous successful satellite launches from its first generation rocket...
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Koppillil Radhakrishnan (section Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle and Indian Cryogenic Stage)
advanced Radar Imaging Satellite. India's standing in the global space market was enhanced as PSLV launched 18 commercial satellites for 11 countries. Through...
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astronomical unit for quasi-satellites of Earth such as 2014 OL339. The word "geosynchronous" is sometimes used to describe quasi-satellites of the Earth, because...
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Türksat 2A (category Communications satellites of Turkey)
was a Turkish communications satellite as part of a project to form an instant network with two geosynchronous satellites that are supervised by the companies...
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contact geosynchronous satellites. The high apogee meant that the polar regions were visible for long amounts of time, and only two satellites were required...
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specific mission. They are commonly used for geosynchronous satellites, particularly communications satellites, but are most commonly used in spacecraft...
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satellite servicing spacecraft vehicle for the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)’s Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS)...
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Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) or Hornet is a class of United States spy satellites. The first two GSSAP spacecraft , GSSAP...
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Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program leverages commercial space technology to inspect and repair aging or broken satellites in the geosynchronous...
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commercial communications satellite was Telstar 1, built by Bell Labs and launched in July 1962. The idea of a geosynchronous satellite—one that could orbit...
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Geostationary transfer orbit (redirect from Geosynchronous transfer orbit)
and an apogee as high as geostationary orbit (GEO). Satellites that are destined for geosynchronous orbit (GSO) or GEO are often put into a GTO as an intermediate...
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Graveyard orbit (category Derelict satellites)
graveyard orbit is a supersynchronous orbit well beyond geosynchronous orbit. Some satellites are moved into such orbits at the end of their operational...
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GSLV F15 (category Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle)
Navigation Sat Mission". www.ndtv.com. Retrieved 2025-02-01. "Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark II". 20 May 2023. https://www.isro.gov...
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Satellite-phone system for North America. ICO Global Communications: An American satellite-phone company which has launched a single geosynchronous satellite...
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GSAT (redirect from List of GSAT satellites)
The GSAT (Geosynchronous Satellite) satellites are India's indigenously developed communications satellites, used for digital audio, data and video broadcasting...
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GSLV F16 (category Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle)
rocket engine. The NISAR mission is a $1.5 billion Earth-Observation satellite developed incollaboration with NASA.It will deploy one of the world's...
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Syncom (category Satellites in geosynchronous orbit)
"synchronous communication satellite") started as a 1961 NASA program for active geosynchronous communication satellites, all of which were developed...
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Organisation (ISRO) launches satellites using multistage rockets such as the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle and the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle from...
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satellites was the Hughes Aircraft Company's Syncom 2, launched on 26 July 1963. Syncom 2 was the first communications satellite in a geosynchronous orbit...
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