geostationary

English

Etymology

geo- +‎ stationary

Adjective

geostationary (not comparable)

1. At a fixed distance in three dimensions relative to a particular point on the Earth's surface; generally only possible with orbital satellites.
   • 1971, Thomas A. Croft, Measurement of a Solar Wind Plasma Stream which Endures Several Months But is Intermittent on a Time Scale of about One Day‎^[1]:

     The measurement is accomplished by observing the Faraday rotation angle of signals from geostationary satellites on a continuous basis.

Related terms

• geosynchronous
• heliostationary
• heliosynchronous

Translations

fixed distance orbit

• Catalan: geostacionari (ca)
• Czech: geostacionární (cs)
• Dutch: geostationair
• Finnish: geostationaarinen (fi)
• French: géostationnaire (fr) m or f
• German: geostationär (de)
• Indonesian: geostasioner (id)
• Italian: geostazionario (it)
• Japanese: 静止 (ja) (seishi)
• Malay: geopegun
• Russian: геостационарный (ru) m (geostacionarnyj)