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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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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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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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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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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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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Meteorological Satellite (SMS) program, was a program where NASA developed two weather satellites; which were placed into geosynchronous orbit. SMS-1 was...
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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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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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satellite servicing spacecraft vehicle for the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)’s Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS)...
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space. By positioning a geosynchronous satellite in the path of the beam, the microwave beam can be received. The satellites had a mass of approximately...
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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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Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program leverages commercial space technology to inspect and repair aging or broken satellites in the geosynchronous...
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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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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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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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from satellites, especially distant geosynchronous satellites. Bouncing a signal off a geosynchronous satellite takes about a quarter of a second, which...
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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-phone system for North America. ICO Global Communications: An American satellite-phone company which has launched a single geosynchronous satellite...
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Thuraya (redirect from Thuraya satellite phone)
Arab Emirates-based regional mobile-satellite service (MSS) provider. The company operates two geosynchronous satellites and provides telecommunications coverage...
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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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could be transferred. These TDRSS satellites are all designed and built to be launched to and function in geosynchronous orbit, 35,786 km (22,236 mi) above...
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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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PSLV launches India portal Rocketry portal Spaceflight portal Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle LVM3 Next Generation Launch Vehicle Comparison of...
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