Below you will find example sentences with "geostationary orbit". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Geostationary Orbit in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: orbit
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 9
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 22.3 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 5 start, 6 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "geostationary orbit" has 2 words and usually appears near the end in these examples. The average sentence has 22.3 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a geostationary orbit is useful, a geostationary orbit stays exactly, satellite, earth and geo stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with earth orbit, lunar orbit, earth orbit and lunar orbit, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with geostationary orbit
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The Moon 's orbit is around 9 times larger than geostationary orbit. (12 words)
Geostationary orbit main A geostationary satellite above a marked spot on the Equator. (13 words)
A free-flying satellite (green dot) is shown in geostationary orbit slightly behind the cable. (15 words)
Of the 58 missions expected to be procured under Lane 2, seven — five GPS satellite launches to medium Earth orbit and two direct-to-geostationary orbit launches — will be set aside for a third provider, Space Force officials said. (39 words)
Weather satellites are often placed at an altitude of 36,000 kilometers to allow for a geostationary orbit, so the satellite can track the same geographical location and provide steady information about the weather there. (35 words)
At least 12 satellites are needed to provide full commercial services from an SSA platform designed to track objects as small as five centimeters in LEO and 40 centimeters in geostationary orbit. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
Geostationary orbits (GEO) main Geostationary orbit To an observer on the earth, a satellite in a geostationary orbit appears motionless, in a fixed position in the sky.
Geostationary orbit main A geostationary satellite above a marked spot on the Equator.
Higher orbits include medium Earth orbit (MEO), sometimes called intermediate circular orbit (ICO), and further above, geostationary orbit (GEO).
Of the 58 missions expected to be procured under Lane 2, seven — five GPS satellite launches to medium Earth orbit and two direct-to-geostationary orbit launches — will be set aside for a third provider, Space Force officials said.
Most space junk is found in two zones: low-Earth orbit, which is about 250 miles up, and geostationary orbit, about 22,300 miles up.
The satellite will be initially placed in the Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit and will subsequently be raised to geostationary orbit.
A geostationary orbit stays exactly above the equator, whereas a geosynchronous orbit may swing north and south to cover more of the Earth's surface.
The Moon 's orbit is around 9 times larger than geostationary orbit.
At least 12 satellites are needed to provide full commercial services from an SSA platform designed to track objects as small as five centimeters in LEO and 40 centimeters in geostationary orbit.
Since then, all satellite components and subsystems have been checked out in a high geostationary orbit called super GEO.
Since 2021, Goonhilly has supported over 17 spacecraft beyond geostationary orbit, including CubeSats deployed on the Artemis-I mission.
After a two-month test campaign in geostationary orbit over the United States, military leaders will decide where to deploy WGS 10.
Weather satellites are often placed at an altitude of 36,000 kilometers to allow for a geostationary orbit, so the satellite can track the same geographical location and provide steady information about the weather there.
Es'hail-2 will operate much higher in a geostationary orbit where it will have a "view" of more than a third of the globe.
SpaceX tweeted to confirm that the deployment of the satellite into a geostationary orbit was confirmed.
A counterweight at the upper end keeps the center of mass well above geostationary orbit level.
A free-flying satellite (green dot) is shown in geostationary orbit slightly behind the cable.
A geostationary orbit is useful for communications because ground antennas can be aimed at the satellite without their having to track the satellite's motion.
A satellite in a geostationary orbit appears stationary, always at the same point in the sky, to ground observers.
History Author Arthur C. Clarke Author Arthur C. Clarke is credited with proposing the notion of using a geostationary orbit for communications satellites.